Ronald C Kramer

Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes climate change from a criminological perspective. Four state-corporate crimes are examined: continued extraction of fossil fuels and rising carbon emissions; political omission related to the mitigation of emissions; socially organized denial; and climate crimes of empire. The final chapter reviews policies to achieve climate justice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781978805590
• ISBN-10: 1978805594
• Artikelnr.: 57577697

Autorenporträt

RONALD C. KRAMER is a professor of sociology and former director of the criminal justice program at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. He is the co-author of State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government (Rutgers University Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
List of Abbreviations  
1. "This Was a Crime:" Climate Change as a Criminological Concern 
                        
2. "Beyond Catastrophic:" The Climate Crisis, Carbon Criminals, and Fossil
Capitalism
3. "When Did They Know"? Climate Crimes of Continued Extraction and Rising
Emissions
4. "The Politics of Predatory Delay:" Climate Crimes of Political Omission
and Socially Organized Denial
5. "Slowing the Rise of the Oceans"? Obama's Mixed Legacy and Trump's
Climate Crimes
6. "Blood for Oil," Pentagon Emissions, and the "Politics of the Armed
Lifeboat:" Climate Crimes of Empire
7. The "Climate Swerve:" Hope, Resistance, and Climate Justice       
References     
Index