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This book highlights the continuing impunity enjoyed by
corporations for large scale crimes, and in particular the crime of
toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast in 2006. It provides an account
of the crime, and outlines contributory reasons for the impunity
both under the law and from a criminological point of view.
Furthermore, the book reveals the retrogressive role of civil
society organisations (CSOs) in Ivory coast, contrary to the
societal expectations made of 'non-governmental' organisations
(NGOs) and CSOs. This book reveals that in the case of this
particular example of state-corporate crime, civil society as an
agency of censure and sanction actually played a distinctly
retrogressive role. Here, in fact, state and state-corporate crime
facilitates corruption within the civil society sphere through a
process referred to in the book as the 'commodification of
victimhood' and, as a result, ensures that impunity is virtually
guaranteed for the corporation and the Ivorian government. This
book also examines the failure of international and domestic legal
measures to sanction the perpetrators alongside civil society's
shortcomings and ultimately advocates a more cautionary approach to
civil society's potential to label, censure and sanction
large-scale state-corporate crime. This book will help readers
understand the difficulties in sanctioning such crime as well as
promoting the theoretical framework of state crime, the
understanding of which could lead to the alleviation of human
suffering at the hands of criminal states and corporations.
This book highlights the continuing impunity enjoyed by
corporations for large scale crimes, and in particular the crime of
toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast in 2006. It provides an account
of the crime, and outlines contributory reasons for the impunity
both under the law and from a criminological point of view.
Furthermore, the book reveals the retrogressive role of civil
society organisations (CSOs) in Ivory coast, contrary to the
societal expectations made of 'non-governmental' organisations
(NGOs) and CSOs. This book reveals that in the case of this
particular example of state-corporate crime, civil society as an
agency of censure and sanction actually played a distinctly
retrogressive role. Here, in fact, state and state-corporate crime
facilitates corruption within the civil society sphere through a
process referred to in the book as the 'commodification of
victimhood' and, as a result, ensures that impunity is virtually
guaranteed for the corporation and the Ivorian government. This
book also examines the failure of international and domestic legal
measures to sanction the perpetrators alongside civil society's
shortcomings and ultimately advocates a more cautionary approach to
civil society's potential to label, censure and sanction
large-scale state-corporate crime. This book will help readers
understand the difficulties in sanctioning such crime as well as
promoting the theoretical framework of state crime, the
understanding of which could lead to the alleviation of human
suffering at the hands of criminal states and corporations.
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Black Days (Paperback)
Denise Huston; Edited by Rebecca Susan White-Glanders, Thomas McManus
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R580
Discovery Miles 5 800
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Written over a span of 40 years these poems capture intimate
feelings of the range of emotions we experience as we face life
with fortitude, caring, and sometimes confusion. The topics range
from the meaning of life and existence to love and hate, war and
peace, beauty and ignorance. Science and critical thinking weave in
and out of the web of topics and underpin much of the lessons and
poetic conclusions expressed. Yet, the poems are a personal
statement emerging from the normal experiences of living, loving
and thinking. It is a commentary on the actions we humans take and
the repercussion they have on those around us, as well as the far
reaching effects of our society as we struggle to understand how to
live in a not so perfect world. There are no answers, just
suggestions and glimpses of possibilities, with lots of questions
that frame our fragile environment both physical and emotional.
Set in pre-troubles Belfast, a boy leads a carefree life as he and
his friends experience the thrill of growing up in the warm Irish
society that preceded the onslaught of murder and mayhem. Told from
the perspective of a working class protestant who escaped the trap
of sectarian violence, these stories provide a view of life in
earlier, more humane times, when dreams and desires could still be
pursued without the pall of fear that spread over Ireland in later
years.Spanning fifteen years from schoolboy to man, these stories
provide an insight to the lighter side of Irish life in Belfast. A
contrast to the harsh media portrayal of Ulster during the years of
violent clashes in the late sixties and seventies.
The History, Reminiscences, Description Of Battle Of Irish Bend,
Carrying Of Pay Roll, Roster.
The History, Reminiscences, Description Of Battle Of Irish Bend,
Carrying Of Pay Roll, Roster.
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