Article ; Online: Essential Crimes? Essential Punishments? Rethinking Essentiality in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
2021 Volume 29, Issue 2, Page(s) 273–288
Abstract: ... corporations-what we refer to as "essential crimes." This article sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic has ... the socioeconomic system running. In other words, if keeping humans alive in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic required ... The phrases, "essential businesses" and "essential jobs," emerged at the beginning of the COVID-19 ...
| Abstract | The phrases, "essential businesses" and "essential jobs," emerged at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising questions about and reflecting concerns over which goods, services, and workers were necessary to prevent societal collapse. In an attempt to continue to probe "essentiality," this article coins the term "essential crimes" to refer to those socially injurious acts and omissions that are part and parcel of a global neoliberal capitalist order, and that are, therefore, vital to keep the socioeconomic system running. In other words, if keeping humans alive in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic required supermarkets and hospitals to remain open ("essential business and jobs"), maintaining the existing socioeconomic system and ensuring that the powerful remained powerful required harmful acts and omissions by states and corporations-what we refer to as "essential crimes." This article sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic has helped illuminate just how |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2021-04-03 |
| Publishing country | Netherlands |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2065477-7 |
| ISSN | 1572-9877 ; 1205-8629 |
| ISSN (online) | 1572-9877 |
| ISSN | 1205-8629 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10612-021-09564-2 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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