Rich crime, poor crime : inequality and the rule of law /
In 21st century Britain the rich are protected while the poor punished. Rich Crime, Poor Crime shows how contemporary British society is founded on a legacy of past plunder and dispossession by elites against the rest. Over centuries, power and property have been consolidated in the hands of a few a...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2023.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839098222 |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Crime, inequality and the rule of law
- Part I. Taking the long view
- Chapter 1. Capitalism and crime in early modern England
- Chapter 2. Accumulation by dispossession: Land grabs, enclosure and trespass
- Chapter 3. Property, poverty and the rule of law
- Chapter 4. State crime: War and plunder, slavery, empire and famine
- Part II. Rich and poor crime in modern Britain
- Chapter 5. Rich and poor Britain
- Chapter 6. Offshoring: Corporate, financial and tax crime
- Chapter 7. Capturing the state: Corruption, outsourcing, privatization and austerity
- Chapter 8. Poor crime: Economic, welfare and policy cycles
- Part III. Connecting rich and poor crime
- Chapter 9. Coding capital: Protecting the rich and punishing the poor
- Chapter 10. Conclusion: 'there's one law for the rich and another for the poor'.