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Informationen zum Autor Raymond J. Michalowski is the Arizona Regents Professor at Northern Arizona University. Ronald C. Kramer is the director of the criminal justice program and a professor of sociology at Western Michigan University. Klappentext Brings 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. Zusammenfassung Brings 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 References Contributors Index
