Inequality & Violence in the United States

By Barbara H. Chasin

Book Overview

While mass shootings make headlines, the more routine effects of corporate and government decisions on our well-being are downplayed. This book analyzes how economic and political inequalities lead to forms of violence that routinely cause harm.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666913545
• ISBN13: 9781666913545
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

outstanding classroom resource

I have used this text a few times to teach courses on violence in United States culture, and it is an indispensible tool for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of how corporate capitalism endorses and perpetuates the worst kinds of inequality in the U.S.--not to mention outside of it. Dr. Chasin should update it if only to add the BP Gulf Coast oil spill to the list of atrocities resulting from sociopathic greed. Read it and weep.

Thorough and insightful.

Inequality and Violence in the United States is a very thorough and informative book that looks at how inequality contributes to the high level of violence in the United States. Its main focus is on organizational and structural violence (which results from the decisions of the powerful) but Chasin examines interpersonal violence as well, including violence perpetuated by hate groups and violence against women. The book is packed with useful information and revealing insights.