The Violence of Neoliberalism: Crime, Harm and Inequality

Description

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Chapter 1 An introduction to the violence of neoliberalism: Crime, harm and inequality Crime versus harm? Our guiding theme and structure of the book Summary References Chapter 2 Neoliberalism, consumerism and the global market The harms of neoliberal consumption Theoretical frame The human cost of neoliberal market consumerism Conclusion Note References Chapter 3 Self-defense or neocapitalist rhetoric? Self-defense: the state, violence and the responsibility of the individual Conclusion Notes References Chapter 4 The commoditized spectacle: Sports, violence and entertainment Sports and consumption Sport, hyper-commodification and the spectacle Conclusion Note References Chapter 5 The cycle of oppression and inequality Theoretical framework ‘The’ refugee ‘The’ homeless ‘The’ immigrant—aka the illegal immigrant Summary thoughts Notes References Chapter 6 Neoliberalism as a tool and toolmaker in defining the value of the dead Defining the value of life and the dead Conclusion Notes References Chapter 7 Neoliberalism, the carceral state and violence The carceral logics of neoliberalism through nationalism, patriotism and the military Corporatized extension of the carceral state Surveillance is part of the carceral logics and governmentality Conclusion Note References Chapter 8 Neoliberalism and the selling of patriarchy The pervasiveness of the commodification and consumption of patriarchy: violence against women consumed Conclusion References Chapter 9 The environmental death march: Destruction, greed, profit and consumption Climate change Trump, Republican rollbacks and priorities—symbolic or ignored responses to climate change Damn, we can’t blame it all on them? Conclusion References Chapter 10 The silent role of non-profit organizations in the neoliberalism trap Non-profits: global and local carceral logics and the neoliberal trap Conclusion References Chapter 11 The commodification and illusion of resistance Resistance commodified Conclusion References Chapter 12 Concluding thoughts A way forward, backward, sideways or is there an end? References Index