State-Corporate Crime

by Michalowski, Raymond J.; Kramer, Ronald C.

• ISBN13: 9780813538891
• ISBN10: 0813538890
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-25
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

Enron, Haliburton, Exxon Valdez, "shock and awe." Despite growing attention to crimes by those in positions of trust, crimes and social harms 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1 The Critique of Power
RAYMOND J. MICHALOWSKI AND RONALD C. KRAMER
2 The Original Formulation	18	(9)
RONALD C. KRAMER AND RAYMOND J. MICHALOWSKI
3 The Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion	27	(18)
RONALD C. KRAMER
4 The Fire in Hamlet	45	(22)
JUDY AULETTE AND RAYMOND J. MICHALOWSKI
5 Nuclear Weapons Production	67	(15)
DAVID KAUZLARICH AND RONALD C. KRAMER
6 The Crash of ValuJet Flight 592	82	(16)
RICK A. MATTHEWS AND DAVID KAUZLARICH
7 Globalization, State-Corporate Crime, and Women	98	(18)
NANCY A. WONDERS AND MONA J. DANNER
8 Ordinary Business in Nazi Germany	116	(18)
RICK A. MATTHEWS
9 Bridgestone-Firestone, Ford, and the NHTSA	134	(15)
CHRISTOPHER W. MULLINS
10 The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill	149	(23)
TRICIA CRUCIOTTI AND RICK A. MATTHEWS
11 Enron-Era Economics versus Economic Democracy	172	(14)
RAYMOND J. MICHALOWSKI AND RONALD C. KRAMER
12 Violations of Treaty Rights	186	(13)
LINDA ROBYN
13 The Invasion of Iraq	199	(16)
RONALD C. KRAMER AND RAYMOND J. MICHALOWSKI
14 Iraq and Halliburton	215	(24)
DAWN ROTHE
15 Taking Stock of Theory and Research	239	(12)
DAVID KAUZLARICH AND RICK A. MATTHEWS
References	251	(30)
Contributors	281	(2)
Index	283