Corporate Crime brings together two of the most important issues in the social sciences today - the emergence of the corporation as the main organizing institution in contemporary societies, and the increasing inability of nation states to regulate business. The book provides a fresh and accessible discussion of corporate crime, business regulation and globalization, organized around the underlying theme of corporate power. It explores: the mechanisms through which business power works how public consent is won for forms of regulation the social and political conditions of effective corporate crime control. Corporate Crime takes readers on a fascinating journey, encouraging them to understand business crime in its broadest contexts. To make the issues as accessible as possible and to stimulate readers to take them further, each chapter contains a list of recommended reading as well as useful Web links. An extensive glossary of terms is also provided. The book is primarily written for students and academics in criminology and criminal justice. Its breadth of approach and engagement with critical issues mean that it will also be of interest to those in business studies, sociology and political science. INDICE: The Corporation, Business Crime and Business Regulation The Problem of Business Crime: the Social Construction of Complexity and Low Visibility Explaining Business Harm and Business CrimeGlobalisation, Neo-Liberalism and Corporate Capitalism Politicians for Sale: Lobbying, Consulting and Regulatory Capture Business knows Best: the Corporation and the Social Construction of Knowledge Preventing, Detecting and Investigating Business CrimeBusiness Crime, Enforcement and PunishmentConclusion: Future developments in Business Crime Control
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-3401-5
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 224
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