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    State-Corporate Crime
    Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government

    Raymond J. Michalowski (Edited by), Ronald C. Kramer (Edited by)

    9780813538891

    Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2006

    312 pages
    22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.454 kg

    This volume is a welcome addition for those scholars who study the relationship between government and corporate crime.
    - Gray Cavender (coauthor of Corporate Crime Under Attack: The Fight to Criminalize Business Viol)
    State-Corporate Crime is the most comprehensive articulation of an important criminological concept and is a valuable contribution to the literature of criminology.
    - David Friedrichs (Professor, University of Scranton)
    This volume is a welcome addition for those scholars who study the relationship between government and corporate crime.
    - Gray Cavender (coauthor of Corporate Crime Under Attack: The Fight to Criminalize Business Viol)
    State-Corporate Crime is the most comprehensive articulation of an important criminological concept and is a valuable contribution to the literature of criminology.
    - David Friedrichs (Professor, University of Scranton)

    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.

    Preface    
    The Critique of Power / Raymond J. Michalowski / Ronald C. Kramer
    The Original Formulation / Ronald C. Kramer / Raymond J. Michalowski
    The Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion / Ronald C. Kramer
    The Fire in Hamlet / Judy Aulette / Raymond J. Michalowski
    Nuclear Weapons Production / David Kauzlarich / Ronald C. Kramer
    The Crash of Valujet Flight / Rick A. Matthews / David Kauzlarich
    Globalization, State-Corporate Crime, and Women / Nancy A. Wonders / 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 / Rick A. Matthews
    Enron-Era Economics versus Economic Democracy / Raymond J. Michalowski / Ronald C. Kramer
    Violations of Treaty Rights / Linda Robyn
    The Invasion of Iraq / Ronald C. Kramer / Raymond J. Michalowski
    Iraq and Halliburton / Dawn Rothe
    Taking Stock of Theory and Research / David Kauzlarich / Rick A. Matthews
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    Contributors      
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