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Power(ful) Connections: Exploring the Revolving Doors Phenomenon as a Form of State-Corporate Crime

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    Identifier: imarina:9261784
    Authors:
    Pons-Hernandez, Monica
    Abstract:
    The 'revolving doors' phenomenon is the name given to the movement of individuals from public office to private companies and vice versa. It is believed that this phenomenon impacts the decision-making process to the detriment of the public interest. While it has largely been framed as a corrupt practice, this research seeks to explore it as a form of state-corporate crime by employing the case study of the Spanish government and the fossil fuel industry. The study finds that the explored case of revolving doors causes harm by driving social and economic instability and climate inaction and proposes the creation of a 'state-capture corporate crime'. Overall, the paper highlights the need to broaden the revolving doors and state-corporate crime concepts to allow its inclusion in the crimino-logical agenda.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Pons-Hernandez, Monica;
    Department: Dret Públic
    URV's Author/s: Pons Hernández, Mònica
    Keywords: Regulatory capture
    Abstract: The 'revolving doors' phenomenon is the name given to the movement of individuals from public office to private companies and vice versa. It is believed that this phenomenon impacts the decision-making process to the detriment of the public interest. While it has largely been framed as a corrupt practice, this research seeks to explore it as a form of state-corporate crime by employing the case study of the Spanish government and the fossil fuel industry. The study finds that the explored case of revolving doors causes harm by driving social and economic instability and climate inaction and proposes the creation of a 'state-capture corporate crime'. Overall, the paper highlights the need to broaden the revolving doors and state-corporate crime concepts to allow its inclusion in the crimino-logical agenda.
    Thematic Areas: Sociology and political science Law Criminology & penology Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: monica.pons@urv.cat monica.pons@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-6167-8152 0000-0002-6167-8152
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10612-022-09626-z
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Critical Criminology. 30 (2): 305-320
    APA: Pons-Hernandez, Monica; (2022). Power(ful) Connections: Exploring the Revolving Doors Phenomenon as a Form of State-Corporate Crime. Critical Criminology, 30(2), 305-320. DOI: 10.1007/s10612-022-09626-z
    Article's DOI: 10.1007/s10612-022-09626-z
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2022
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Criminology & Penology,Law,Sociology and Political Science
    Regulatory capture
    Sociology and political science
    Law
    Criminology & penology
    Ciencias sociales
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