Toxic Capitalism: Corporate Crime and the Chemical Industry: Corporate Crime and the Chemical Industry

ISBN-13: 9780367134259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 372 str.

Frank Pearce; Steve Tombs

Opis

Originally published in 1998, this book focuses on the chemicals industries, which are of strategic importance to national economies, while also having almost unique hazard and risk potential.

Spis treści

Part I: Capitalism, Corporations and Crime.  1. Dreams of Capitalism: Neoliberalism and Contemporary Economies.  2. Constructing and Conceptualising Capitalisms: Beyond Neoliberalism.  3. Corporate Crime.  Part II: Corporate Crime in the Chemical Industry.  4. Understanding 'Accidents' in the Chemical Industry.  5. The Corporate Production of Safety and Environmental Crimes in the Chemical Industry: The Case of Major Hazards.  6. Bhopal, Union Carbide and the International Chemical Industry.  Part III: Hazards, Regulation and Class.  7. Policing, Regulation and Ideology.  8. Hegemony and Risk.  9. Conclusion: Regulating Toxic Capitalism.

O autorze

Frank Pearce (Author) ,  Steve Tombs (Author)