Table of Contents

Introduction;

Defining the State, its Institutions, Allies and Protagonists;

The State, Corporations and Organised Crime;

Drugs and Thugs: Examples of Organised Crime, State Collusion and Limited Responses;

The Media as Both an Influential and Supportive Arm of the State;

Beyond the Borders: State Terrorism from Without and Against the ‘Other’;

Without and Within: State Crime in Northern Ireland (Violence, Collusion and the Paramilitaries);

Fighting the Enemy Within: Internal State Terrorism, Argentina’s ‘Dirty War’ (1976-83), the UK Miners’ Strike (1984-5) and the ‘Battle’ of Orgreave;

Conclusion: The Role, Nature and Control of State Crime.

About the Author

Dr Mark Monaghan, Lecturer in Sociology, Social Policy and Crime, University of Leeds Mark Monoghan completed his first degree in Sociology from the University of Liverpool and then went to Leeds in 2004 on a ESRC 1+3 Scheme to undertake postgraduate study. His doctoral research, completed in 2008, centred on the problematic nature of evidence-based policy-making, when applied to heavily politicised areas. This was explored using recent developments in the UK drug classification system as a case study, in particular, the changing status of cannabis therein. Simon Prideaux is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime at the University of Leeds, he has written widely on social policy and has a growing profile within disability studies. His interests take in comparative access policy, welfare discourses, conditionality and political ideologies. His work tends to be multi-disciplinary. It incorporates social theory, political philosophy and social policy. His primary focus has been on New Labour and the socio-political influences that shape their policy direction.

Reviews

"A provocative and stimulating book and one that should be essential reading for anybody wanting a better understanding of the complex interplay between politics, the media, business and criminal enterprise." James Windle, University of East London