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Elite Deviance

by: Simon, David R.

Elite Deviance

by: Simon, David R.

ISBN 13:
9780205443987
ISBN 10:
0205443982
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/17/2010
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, Elite Deviance is the only text in this area that takes a holistic view as it traces the causes of elite deviance to the structure of power and wealth in the United States. Book jacket.

Preface

1 The Nature of Elite Deviance

(46)

Scandal-Plagued America: The Bush Years as Metaphor

(11)

Scandals within the Economic Sphere

(3)

A Theory of Elite Deviance

(21)

The U.S. Social Structure: The Power Elite

(7)

Economy-State Linkages and the Functions of Government

(8)

Benefits That Elites Seek from the State

(2)

The Higher Immorality and Links between Various Kinds of Crime

(3)

The Classification of Elite Deviance

(5)

Acts of Economic Domination

(1)

Crimes of Government and Governmental Control

(1)

Elite Deviance as a Denial, of Basic Human Rights

(1)

Conditions Leading to Elite Deviance

(1)

Consequences of Elite Deviance

(1)

Conclusion

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 1.1

(1)

Endnotes

(6)

2 Elite Deviance and the Higher Immorality

(50)

The Nature of the Higher Immorality

(8)

Case Study: The Savings and Loan Scandal

(7)

The Higher Immorality and the Political Economy

(16)

Corporate Compensation: Salaries, Taxes, and Perks

(3)

Welfare for the Well-Off: Tax Breaks

(1)

The Asset Depletion Range

(1)

Taxes and Multinational Corporations

(1)

Misappropriated Charity: Foundations

(1)

Royalties for the Rich: Subsidies

(4)

The Creation of Crisis

(4)

Antitrust Laws

(2)

The Higher Immorality and Corporate Crime

(4)

Penalties: The Double Standard

(1)

Public Awareness

(1)

Organized Crime and the Business Elite

(14)

Organized Crime and Repression

(5)

Organized Crime and Profits

(2)

Organized Crime and the Political Elite

(4)

The Vatican Bank Scandal

(3)

Conclusion

(2)

Critical Thinking Exercise 2.1

(1)

Endnotes

(6)

3 Corporate Deviance: Monopoly, Manipulation, and Fraud

(35)

Costs of Corporate Crime

(1)

Penalties for Corporate Crime

(1)

Monopolies

(7)

The Corporate Frankenstein

100

(4)

Case Study: The Automobile Industry

104

(2)

Price-Fixing

106

(5)

Case Study: The Electrical Conspiracy

109

(2)

Price Gouging

111

(5)

Taking Advantage of the Disadvantaged

111

(1)

Taking Advantage of Unusual Events

112

(1)

Making Extraordinary Profits through Deception

113

(3)

Deceptive Advertising

116

(4)

Fraud

120

(6)

Conclusion

126

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 3.1

127

(1)

Endnotes

127

(5)

4 Corporate Deviance: Human Jeopardy

132

(38)

Individual Jeopardy

132

(22)

Unsafe Products

132

(4)

Food Pollution

136

(8)

The Tobacco Industry

144

(4)

Dangerous Working Conditions

148

(6)

Collective Jeopardy

154

(10)

Wasting Resources

154

(4)

Polluting the Environment

158

(6)

Conclusion

164

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 4.1

165

(1)

Endnotes

166

(4)

5 National Defense, Multinational Corporations, and Human Rights

170

(35)

The Military-Industrial Complex

176

(9)

The Defense Establishment' and Its Origins

176

(5)

Consequences of Defense Policies

181

(2)

The New Global Economy

183

(2)

Deviance and Multinational Corporations

185

(5)

Government Policy

187

(1)

Dumping Toxic Waste

188

(2)

Human Rights, Multinationals, and U.S. Foreign Policy

190

(11)

Iran

193

(2)

Latin America

195

(3)

Chile

198

(1)

Assessing U.S. Support

199

(2)

Conclusion

201

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 5.1

201

(1)

Endnotes

202

(3)

6 Political Corruption: Continuity and Change

205

(38)

Money and Politics

209

(20)

Purchasing Goods and Services

209

(2)

Public Funds

211

(1)

Public Property

212

(1)

Tax Assessment and Collection

213

(1)

Regulation of Commercial Activities

213

(1)

Zoning and Land Use

214

(1)

The Legislative Process

215

(5)

Law Enforcement

220

(4)

The Organization of Power

224

(5)

Corruption and Power

229

(9)

The Powerful Controlling the Powerless

229

(4)

Election Fraud

233

(1)

Unfair Campaign Conduct

234

(3)

Money in Elections

237

(1)

Conclusion

238

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 6.1

239

(1)

Endnotes

239

(4)

7 Political Deviance

243

(39)

The Corrupting Environment of Politics

248

(4)

Domestic Political Deviance

252

(19)

Secrecy, Lying, and Deception

252

(6)

Abuse of Power by Government Agencies

258

(3)

Political Prisoners

261

(4)

Official Violence

265

(6)

International Crimes

271

(4)

U.S. Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of Other Nations

271

(1)

War Crimes

272

(3)

Conclusion

275

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 7.1

276

(1)

Endnotes

277

(5)

8 Understanding Elite Deviance

282

(32)

Why Elite Deviance?

282

(1)

Elite Deviance and the Sociological Imagination: A Paradigm for Analysis

282

(6)

Elite Deviance and American Values: The American Dream

283

(2)

Social Structure: The Dominance of Elite Institutions

285

(3)

Characteristics of Bureaucratic Structures

288

(5)

Centralization of Authority

289

(1)

Specialized Vocabularies and Ideologies

290

(2)

Fragmentation and Routinization

292

(1)

Image Construction and Inauthenticity

293

(3)

Front Activities

293

(1)

Elite Deviance and "Individual" Characteristics

294

(2)

Organizational Conditions and the Production of Deviant Personalities

296

(4)

Links between Elite Deviance and Nonelite Deviance

300

(2)

Tangible Links

300

(1)

Symbolic Links

301

(1)

Elite Deviance and Victimization

302

(3)

Constructionist and Objectivist Positions on Elite Deviance

305

(3)

Conclusion

308

(2)

Critical Thinking Exercise 8.1

310

(1)

Endnotes

310

(4)

9 The Scandalization of America

Higher Immorality in an Era of Greed

314

(22)

Watergate

318

(2)

Iran-Contra

320

(5)

Early Involvement with Iran

321

(1)

Diverting Funds to the Contras

321

(1)

The Scandal: Contragate

322

(1)

The Nugan-Hand Bank Affair

323

(1)

The Iran-Contra Conspiracy-"Operation Polecat"

323

(1)

Connections and Conspiracies

324

(1)

Contragate and the Changing Nature of American Power and Corruption

325

(2)

Characteristics of Contemporary Scandal

327

(4)

The Study of Elite Deviance

331

(1)

Conclusion

332

(1)

Critical Thinking Exercise 9.1

333

(1)

Endnotes

334

(2)

Epilogue: Economic Democracy

A Proposal to Transform Society

336

(16)

The Real Secret Government

338

(1)

America's Main Drift

339

(1)

The Local Community and Social Change

340

(4)

Foreign Policy and Population Crisis

344

(1)

Why Change Must Come

345

(2)

Coda

347

(1)

Endnotes

348

(1)

Sources

349

(3)

Publications

349

(1)

Books

349

(1)

Organizations

350

(2)

Name Index

352

(7)

Subject Index

359

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