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Elite Deviance » (9th Edition)

Book cover image of Elite Deviance by David R. Simon

Authors: David R. Simon
ISBN-13: 9780205571956, ISBN-10: 0205571956
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: November 2007
Edition: 9th Edition

Author Biography: David R. Simon

Book Synopsis

Celebrating its 25^th 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.

Elite Deviance includes both criminal and non-criminal elite acts that cause great harm. Unique in its scope, Elite Deviance covers not only corporate crime and political corruption in historical and contemporary contexts, but also the relationship between the two. Numerous current examples and case studies grab students’ interest and reinforce all major theoretical points in the book.

Booknews

This valuable text, suited for a number of undergraduate social science courses, reveals the institutionalized social context of scandal in contemporary American life from the assassination of President Kennedy to the savings and loan scandal, the HUD scandal, various Wall Street scandals, as well as related scandals in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Updates the 3rd edition of 1990. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
1	The Nature of Elite Deviance	1
2	Elite Deviance and the Higher Immorality	47
3	Corporate Deviance: Monopoly, Manipulation, and Fraud	91
4	Corporate Deviance: Human Jeopardy	121
5	National Defense, Multinational Corporations, and Human Rights	158
6	Political Corruption: Continuity and Change	195
7	Political Deviance	232
8	Understanding Elite Deviance	263
9	The Scandalization of America: Higher Immorality in an Era of Greed	296
	Epilogue: Economic Democracy: A Proposal to Transform Society	319
	Name Index	345
	Subject Index	357