State-corporate crime : wrongdoing at the intersection of business and government

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Author:

Michalowski, Raymond J.

ISBN:

9780813538884

9780813538891

Publication Information:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.

Physical Description:

xii, 298 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Critical issues in crime and society

Series Title:

Critical issues in crime and society

Contents:

The critique of power / Raymond J. Michalowski and Ronald C. Kramer -- The original formulation / Ronald C. Kramer and Raymond J. Michalowski -- The Space Shuttle Challenger explosion / Ronald C. Kramer -- The fire in hamlet / Judy Aulette and Raymond J. Michalowski -- Nuclear weapons production / David Kauzlarich and Ronald C. Kramer -- The crash of Valujet Flight 592 / Rick A. Matthews and David Kauzlarich -- Globalization, state-corporate crime, and women / Nancy A. Wonders and Mona J. Danner -- Ordinary business in Nazi Germany / Rick A. Matthews -- Bridgestone-Firestone, Ford, and the NHTSA / Christopher W. Mullins -- The Exxon Valdez oil spill / Tricia Cruciotti and Rick A. Matthews -- Enron-era economics versus economic democracy / Raymond J. Michalowski and Ronald C. Kramer -- Violations of treaty rights / Linda Robyn -- The invasion of Iraq / Ronald C. Kramer and Raymond J. Michalowski -- Iraq and Halliburton / Dawn Rothe -- Taking stock of theory and research / David Kauzlarich and Rick A. Matthews.

Subject Term:

Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- United States.

Political corruption -- United States.

Social ethics -- United States.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government.

Added Author:

Michalowski, Raymond J.

Kramer, Ronald C.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006013275.html

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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.