Gambling, freedom and democracy / Peter J. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Peter J., 1956-

Series:

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 53.

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gambling--Government policy.

Gambling.

Gambling industry.

Physical Description:

x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Summary:

As a consequence of the rapid proliferation of commercial gambling in Western-style democracies, governments and communities are encountering a complex array of economic, social and cultural harms associated with this expansion. This book focuses specifically on harms to democratic systems. It examines how people with key roles in democratic structures are vulnerable to subtle influence from the burgeoning profits of gambling. It focuses particularly on the Western-style democracies of North America, Europe and Australasia. It argues that governments have a duty of care to protect their own democratic processes from subtle degradations and that independence from the gambling industries needs to be proactively built into public sector structures and processes. It outlines how a public health approach, harm minimisation strategies and international conventions can provide the base for protecting the integrity of democratic systems.

Contents:

Introduction

Subtle degradation

Governments

Communities

Freedom in the media

Gambling advertising

Researchers

Helping professionals on the frontier

Protecting independence

Strategies for change : three ways ahead

Facing the future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780415957625

0415957621

OCLC:

123818228