The Global Industrial Complex Systems of Domination

by Best, Steven; Kahn, Richard; Nocella, Anthony J., II; McLaren, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780739136980
• ISBN10: 0739136984
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-09
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

The Global Industrial Complex: Systems of Domination, is a groundbreaking collection of essays by leading scholars from wide scholarly and activist backgrounds who examine the entangled array of contemporary industrial complexes--what the editors refer to as "the power complex" -- that was first analyzed by C. Wright Mills in his 1956 classic work, The Power Elite. In this new volume edited by Steve Best, Richard Kahn, Anthony J. Nocella II, and Peter McLaren, the power complex is conceived as co-constituted, interdependent and imbricated systems of domination that include the media-military industrial complex, the security industrial complex, the criminal justice industrial complex, the non-profit industrial complex, the higher education industrial complex, the agricultural industrial complex, the animal industrial complex, the U.S. medical industrial complex, the sports industrial complex and the transportation industrial complex. Contributors include Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, David Nibert, Andrea Smith, Ward Churchill, Toby Miller, Cary Nelson, Asif Ismail, Earl Smith, Angela Hattery, Michael Dawson, Mechthild Nagel and Carl Boggs. The collection includes an introduction by Steve Best and an afterword by Peter McLaren.

Author Biography

Steven Best is associate professor of humanities and philosophy at University of Texas, El Paso. Richard Kahn is core faculty in education at Antioch University, Los Angeles. Anthony J. Nocella II is visiting professor in the school of education at Kamline University. Peter McLaren is professor in the school of critical studies in education at University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Crisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours	p. 1
The Corporate War Economy	p. 25
The Security Industrial Complex	p. 43
The Media-Military Industrial Complex	p. 97
The Criminal (Justice) Industrial Complex	p. 117
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: The Nonprofit Industrial Complex	p. 133
Higher Education's Industrial Model	p. 155
The Agricultural Industrial Complex	p. 169
Origins and Consequences of the Animal Industrial Complex	p. 197
Bad For Your Health: The U.S. Medical Industrial Complex Goes Global	p. 211
College Sports: It's All about the Money!	p. 233
Driving to Carmageddon: Capitalism, Transportation, and the Logic of Planetary Crisis	p. 263
Afterword	p. 287
Index	p. 301
Contributors	p. 305
Editors	p. 313
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