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Inequality & Violence in the United States

Casualties of Capitalism, Third Edition

Barbara H. Chasin

The second edition of Inequality and Violence in the United States: Casualties of Capitalism (2004) won the Best Book of the Year award from the Marxist Section of the American Sociological Association. In the third edition, Dr. Chasin updates and expands the previous material, discussing the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis, access to firearms, and white supremacist movements. Written in a readable, accessible style, this book is a thoroughly documented account of the importance of connecting economic and political inequalities to dangers people face. The book emphasizes the importance of recognizing both structural and organizational violence, as well as discussing forms of interpersonal violence. Chasin analyzes relationships between social class, race/ethnicity, gender, and the three forms of violence.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 372 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66691-354-5 • Hardback • December 2022 • $130.00 • (£100.00)
978-1-66691-356-9 • Paperback • January 2025 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations, Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social Science / American Studies

Barbara H. Chasin is professor emerita, Montclair State University.

Contents

Chapter 1. Defining Violence – Types of Violence

Chapter 2. Explaining American Violence – Five Approaches

Chapter 3. Inequality in the United States

Chapter 4. Social Class and Organizational Power

Chapter 5. Political Inequality – Corporations and Government

Chapter 6. Organizational and Structural Violence Against Consumers and Communities

Chapter 7. Health Issues as Structural and Organizational Violence

Chapter 8. Violence Against Workers and the Unemployed

Chapter 9. Criminal Violence: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Structural

Chapter 10. Experiencing Violence – Racial and Ethnic

Chapter 11. Gender Violence

Chapter 12. Militarism and Violence – Who Benefits?

Chapter 13. Militarism – Who Loses?

Chapter 14. Militarism – Structural and Interpersonal Violence

Chapter 15. Reducing the Casualties

"This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the political and economic roots of the inequality and violence we witness in the contemporary United States and puts it in historical perspective. Barbara H. Chasin writes with incredible lucidity, making complex concepts and connections easy to understand for readers of all levels."


— Kristin Plys, University of Toronto Mississauga


"Dr. Chasin’s in-depth examination of violence in contemporary American society offers readers a clear understanding of how the violence enacted by institutions and structures is veiled through the ways such acts are discursively justified as normal, justified, or necessary. The updated edition’s analysis of the violence enacted through manufacturing misinformation about COVID-19 and corporate complicity in the opioid epidemic are especially poignant. This book is a must read for anyone seeking to understand injustice, power, and violence in American society."


— Kristin Haltinner, University of Idaho


“Well-written, well researched with gripping details and broad analysis: a revealing, hard-hitting book of much value. . .”


— Michael Parenti, author of Democracy for the Few and The Terrorism Trap


“Chasin manages to make a significant contribution . . . by broadening our definition of violence. Though Chasin . . . focuses on the impact of class inequality on interpersonal violence, she demonstrates that in order to truly understand the deleterious impacts of capitalism one need only examine the characteristics of those who who are killed or injured in the workplace, the characteristics of those that die or are maimed fighting to protect our nation; the characteristics of those that suffer from man-made environmental hazards.”


— George E. Tita, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews


1/30/23, Against the Grain: Presented an extended interview with Barbara Chasin about her book Inequality & Violence in the United States. The interview ran for fifty minutes.

Link: https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-january-30-2023/



Inequality & Violence in the United States

Casualties of Capitalism, Third Edition

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Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • The second edition of Inequality and Violence in the United States: Casualties of Capitalism (2004) won the Best Book of the Year award from the Marxist Section of the American Sociological Association. In the third edition, Dr. Chasin updates and expands the previous material, discussing the significance of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis, access to firearms, and white supremacist movements. Written in a readable, accessible style, this book is a thoroughly documented account of the importance of connecting economic and political inequalities to dangers people face. The book emphasizes the importance of recognizing both structural and organizational violence, as well as discussing forms of interpersonal violence. Chasin analyzes relationships between social class, race/ethnicity, gender, and the three forms of violence.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 372 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-66691-354-5 • Hardback • December 2022 • $130.00 • (£100.00)
    978-1-66691-356-9 • Paperback • January 2025 • $42.99 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations, Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social Science / American Studies
Author
Author
  • Barbara H. Chasin is professor emerita, Montclair State University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Contents

    Chapter 1. Defining Violence – Types of Violence

    Chapter 2. Explaining American Violence – Five Approaches

    Chapter 3. Inequality in the United States

    Chapter 4. Social Class and Organizational Power

    Chapter 5. Political Inequality – Corporations and Government

    Chapter 6. Organizational and Structural Violence Against Consumers and Communities

    Chapter 7. Health Issues as Structural and Organizational Violence

    Chapter 8. Violence Against Workers and the Unemployed

    Chapter 9. Criminal Violence: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Structural

    Chapter 10. Experiencing Violence – Racial and Ethnic

    Chapter 11. Gender Violence

    Chapter 12. Militarism and Violence – Who Benefits?

    Chapter 13. Militarism – Who Loses?

    Chapter 14. Militarism – Structural and Interpersonal Violence

    Chapter 15. Reducing the Casualties

Reviews
Reviews
  • "This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the political and economic roots of the inequality and violence we witness in the contemporary United States and puts it in historical perspective. Barbara H. Chasin writes with incredible lucidity, making complex concepts and connections easy to understand for readers of all levels."


    — Kristin Plys, University of Toronto Mississauga


    "Dr. Chasin’s in-depth examination of violence in contemporary American society offers readers a clear understanding of how the violence enacted by institutions and structures is veiled through the ways such acts are discursively justified as normal, justified, or necessary. The updated edition’s analysis of the violence enacted through manufacturing misinformation about COVID-19 and corporate complicity in the opioid epidemic are especially poignant. This book is a must read for anyone seeking to understand injustice, power, and violence in American society."


    — Kristin Haltinner, University of Idaho


    “Well-written, well researched with gripping details and broad analysis: a revealing, hard-hitting book of much value. . .”


    — Michael Parenti, author of Democracy for the Few and The Terrorism Trap


    “Chasin manages to make a significant contribution . . . by broadening our definition of violence. Though Chasin . . . focuses on the impact of class inequality on interpersonal violence, she demonstrates that in order to truly understand the deleterious impacts of capitalism one need only examine the characteristics of those who who are killed or injured in the workplace, the characteristics of those that die or are maimed fighting to protect our nation; the characteristics of those that suffer from man-made environmental hazards.”


    — George E. Tita, Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews


Features
Features
  • 1/30/23, Against the Grain: Presented an extended interview with Barbara Chasin about her book Inequality & Violence in the United States. The interview ran for fifty minutes.

    Link: https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-january-30-2023/



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