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

Authors

Raymond J. Michalowski, Northern Arizona University
Ronald C. Kramer, Western Michigan UniversityFollow

Department

Sociology

Document Type

Book

Files

Description

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.

Call number in WMU's library

HV6769 .S72 2006 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)

ISBN

978-0813538891

Publication Date

2006

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

City

New Brunswick, N.J

Disciplines

Business | Criminology | Ethics and Political Philosophy

Comments

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

Citation for published book

Michalowski, Raymond J, and Ronald C. Kramer. State-corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2006. Print.

Recommended Citation

Michalowski, Raymond J. and Kramer, Ronald C., "State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government" (2006). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 294.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/294