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Preface | |
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The Nature of Elite Deviance | |
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Scandal-Plagued America: The Bush Years as Metaphor | |
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Scandals within the Economic Sphere | |
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A Theory of Elite Deviance | |
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The U.S. Social Structure: The Power Elite | |
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Economy-State Linkages and the Functions of Government | |
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Benefits That Elites Seek from the State | |
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The Higher Immorality and Links between Various Kinds of Crime | |
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The Classification of Elite Deviance | |
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Acts of Economic Domination | |
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Crimes of Government and Governmental Control | |
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Elite Deviance as a Denial of Basic Human Rights | |
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Conditions Leading to Elite Deviance | |
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Consequences of Elite Deviance | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 1.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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Elite Deviance and the Higher Immorality | |
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The Nature of the Higher Immorality | |
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Case Study: The Savings and Loan Scandal | |
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The Higher Immorality and the Political Economy | |
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Corporate Compensation: Salaries, Taxes, and Perks | |
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Welfare for the Well-Off: Tax Breaks | |
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The Asset Depletion Range | |
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Taxes and Multinational Corporations | |
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Misappropriated Charity: Foundations | |
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Royalties for the Rich: Subsidies | |
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The Creation of Crisis | |
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Antitrust Laws | |
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The Higher Immorality and Corporate Crime | |
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Penalties: The Double Standard | |
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Public Awareness | |
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Organized Crime and the Business Elite | |
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Organized Crime and Repression | |
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Organized Crime and Profits | |
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Organized Crime and the Political Elite | |
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The Vatican Bank Scandal | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 2.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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Corporate Deviance: Monopoly, Manipulation, and Fraud | |
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Costs of Corporate Crime | |
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Penalties for Corporate Crime | |
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Monopolies | |
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The Corporate Frankenstein | |
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Case Study: The Automobile Industry | |
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Price-Fixing | |
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Case Study: The Electrical Conspiracy | |
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Price Gouging | |
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Taking Advantage of the Disadvantaged | |
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Taking Advantage of Unusual Events | |
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Making Extraordinary Profits through Deception | |
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Deceptive Advertising | |
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Fraud | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 3.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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Corporate Deviance: Human Jeopardy | |
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Individual Jeopardy | |
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Unsafe Products | |
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Food Pollution | |
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The Tobacco Industry | |
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Dangerous Working Conditions | |
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Collective Jeopardy | |
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Wasting Resources | |
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Polluting the Environment | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 4.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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National Defense, Multinational Corporations, and Human Rights | |
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The Military-Industrial Complex | |
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The Defense Establishment and Its Origins | |
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Consequences of Defense Policies | |
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The New Global Economy | |
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Deviance and Multinational Corporations | |
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Government Policy | |
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Dumping Toxic Waste | |
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Human Rights, Multinationals, and U.S. Foreign Policy | |
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Iran | |
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Latin America | |
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Chile | |
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Assessing U.S. Support | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 5.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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Political Corruption: Continuity and Change | |
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Money and Politics | |
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Purchasing Goods and Services | |
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Public Funds | |
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Public Property | |
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Tax Assessment and Collection | |
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Regulation of Commercial Activities | |
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Zoning and Land Use | |
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The Legislative Process | |
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Law Enforcement | |
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The Organization of Power | |
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Corruption and Power | |
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The Powerful Controlling the Powerless | |
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Election Fraud | |
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Unfair Campaign Conduct | |
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Money in Elections | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 6.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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Political Deviance | |
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The Corrupting Environment of Politics | |
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Domestic Political Deviance | |
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Secrecy, Lying, and Deception | |
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Abuse of Power by Government Agencies | |
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Political Prisoners | |
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Official Violence | |
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International Crimes | |
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U.S. Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of Other Nations | |
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War Crimes | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 7.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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Understanding Elite Deviance | |
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Why Elite Deviance? | |
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Elite Deviance and the Sociological Imagination: A Paradigm for Analysis | |
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Elite Deviance and American Values: The American Dream | |
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Social Structure: The Dominance of Elite Institutions | |
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Characteristics of Bureaucratic Structures | |
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Centralization of Authority | |
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Specialized Vocabularies and Ideologies | |
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Fragmentation and Routinization | |
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Image Construction and Inauthenticity | |
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Front Activities | |
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Elite Deviance and "Individual" Characteristics | |
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Organizational Conditions and the Production of Deviant Personalities | |
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Links between Elite Deviance and Nonelite Deviance | |
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Tangible Links | |
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Symbolic Links | |
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Elite Deviance and Victimization | |
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Constructionist and Objectivist Positions on Elite Deviance | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 8.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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The Scandalization of America: Higher Immorality in an Era of Greed | |
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Watergate | |
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Iran-Contra | |
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Early Involvement with Iran | |
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Diverting Funds to the Contras | |
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The Scandal: Contragate | |
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The Nugan-Hand Bank Affair | |
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The Iran-Contra Conspiracy-"Operation Polecat" | |
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Connections and Conspiracies | |
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Contragate and the Changing Nature of American Power and Corruption | |
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Characteristics of Contemporary Scandal | |
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The Study of Elite Deviance | |
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Conclusion | |
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Critical Thinking Exercise 9.1 | |
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Endnotes | |
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Epilogue: Economic Democracy: A Proposal to Transform Society | |
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The Real Secret Government | |
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America's Main Drift | |
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The Local Community and Social Change | |
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Foreign Policy and Population Crisis | |
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Why Change Must Come | |
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Coda | |
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Endnotes | |
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Sources | |
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Publications | |
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Books | |
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Organizations | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |