State-Corporate Crime
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"shock and awe"
accountability
case studies
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collaboration
collusion
corporate wrongdoing
corruption
economic elites
economic power
Enron
environmental destruction
environmental devastation
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ethical concerns
ExxonValdez
Ford Explorer rollovers
fraud
government misconduct
Haliburton
human devastation
media exposure
nuclear weapons production
political advantage
political elites
political power
powerful individuals
private profit
public health
public well-being
Raymond J. Michalowski
Ronald C. Kramer
safety
scandal
security
social justice
societal threats
socioeconomic impact
space shuttle Challenger
state-corporate crime
Valujet flight 592
war profiteering
wealthy individuals
Product details
- ISBN 9780813538891
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Nov 2006
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Enron, Haliburton, ExxonValdez, "shock and awe"-their mere mention brings forth images of scandal, collusion, fraud, and human and environmental destruction. While great power and great crimes have always been linked, media exposure in recent decades has brought increased attention to the devious exploits of economic and political elites.
Despite growing attention to crimes by those in positions of trust, however, violations in business and similar wrongdoing in government are still often treated as fundamentally separate problems. In State-Corporate Crime, Raymond J. Michalowski and Ronald C. Kramer bring together fifteen essays to show that those in positions of political and economic power frequently operate in collaboration, and are often all too willing to sacrifice the well-being of the many for the private profit and political advantage of the few.
Drawing on case studies including the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, Ford Explorer rollovers, the crash of Valujet flight 592, nuclear weapons production, and war profiteering, the essays bear frank witness to those who have suffered, those who have died, and those who have contributed to the greatest human and environmental devastations of our time. This book is a much needed reminder that the most serious threats to public health, security, and safety are not those petty crimes that appear nightly on local news broadcasts, but rather are those that result from corruption among the wealthiest and most powerful members of society.
Despite growing attention to crimes by those in positions of trust, however, violations in business and similar wrongdoing in government are still often treated as fundamentally separate problems. In State-Corporate Crime, Raymond J. Michalowski and Ronald C. Kramer bring together fifteen essays to show that those in positions of political and economic power frequently operate in collaboration, and are often all too willing to sacrifice the well-being of the many for the private profit and political advantage of the few.
Drawing on case studies including the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, Ford Explorer rollovers, the crash of Valujet flight 592, nuclear weapons production, and war profiteering, the essays bear frank witness to those who have suffered, those who have died, and those who have contributed to the greatest human and environmental devastations of our time. This book is a much needed reminder that the most serious threats to public health, security, and safety are not those petty crimes that appear nightly on local news broadcasts, but rather are those that result from corruption among the wealthiest and most powerful members of society.
Raymond J. Michalowski is the Arizona Regents Professor at Northern Arizona University.
Ronald C. Kramer is the director of the criminal justice program and a professor of sociology at Western Michigan University.
