Violence of Neoliberalism

Victoria E. Collins is an Associate Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, USA. Victoria is the author/co-author of three books. Some of Victoria’s recent publications have appeared in journals such as Crime, Media, Culture, Social Justice, Critical Criminology, Contemporary Justice Review, and Critical Sociology. Dawn L. Rothe is a Director and Professor at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University, USA. She is the author or co-author of ten books and over 100 articles and book chapters. Her overall focus remains on issues of power, inequality, and the harms and violence of the powerful.

"The Violence of Neoliberalism: Crime, Harm and Inequality is an important critical, scholarly work exploring the emergence of neoliberalism and its relationship to globalization, free-market economics and the resultant pernicious outcomes of this ideology." Gary Potter, Professor and Associate Dean, Eastern Kentucky University, USA "Rothe and Collins advance a searing critique of the inherently violent and harm-generating monstrosity of neoliberalism. This book challenges scholars to think beyond extant criminological and zemiological literature on how violence & harm are inextricably woven into the fabric of capitalism, states, governments, institutions, and even well-meaning or seemingly innocuous people and organizations. Ruthlessly critical and unapologetically ambitious, The Violence of Neoliberalism stands as a raised-fist treatise on the inevitability and intractability of direct and indirect violence in the hyper-modern era."David Kauzlarich, Professor and Head of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

• Foreword; 1. An introduction to the violence of neoliberalism: crime, harm and inequality; 2. Neoliberalism, consumerism and the global market; 3. Self-defense or neo-capitalist rhetoric?; 4. The commoditized spectacle: sports, violence and entertainment; 5. The cycle of oppression and inequality; 6. Neoliberalism as a tool and toolmaker in defining the value of the dead; 7. Neoliberalism, the carceral state and violence; 8. Neoliberalism and the selling of patriarchy; 9. The environmental death march: destruction, greed, profit and consumption; 10. The silent role of non-profit organizations in the neoliberalism trap; 11. The commodification and illusion of resistance; 12. Concluding Thoughts; Index