Power and Inequality

Levon Chorbajian is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He is a two-time Fulbright Senior lecturer in the Republic of Armenia and the Soviet Union. His research interests center around political sociology and comparative genocide studies, with an emphasis on the Armenian Genocide. Key concepts for Chorbajian are class, power, and inequality. He has written, translated, and edited seven books including, The Caucasian Knot, Armenia in Crisis, The Making of Nagorno-Karabakh, Studies in Comparative Genocide and Power: A Critical Reader.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionThe End of Capitalism or the End of the World?That's What They Call Democracy: Capitalism, Democracy & the StateSection I. Critical Theories of PowerThe Fetishism of CommoditiesThe New Forms of ControlHegemonyThe Body of the CondemnedRace and CultureWomen as the Subjects of FeminismSection II. The State: TheoryThe State as SuperstructureDefining the Class Dominance ViewA Feminist Theory of the StateRacial Politics and the Racial StateDomhoff, Mills, and Slow PowerSection III. The State: PracticeThe Politics of Income and Wealth InequalityA Right to the City? Race, Class, and Neoliberalism in Post-Katrina New OrleansVoter Suppression: The Attack on RightsThe Construction of ConsentPacification and the Police: A Critique of the Police Militarization ThesisSection IV. Media and IdeologyManufacturing ConsentStill Manufacturing ConsentYellow Ribbons and Spat-Upon Veterans: Making Soldiers the Means and Ends of WarNews for All the PeopleThe Future of Inequality: Polarization, Gridlock, and Global WarmingSection V. The Nation-State and the Global EconomyThe Making of Global CapitalismThe Multipolar MomentThe New ImperialismThe Twin Towers as MetaphorSection VI. War, Genocide, and RepressionWar Making and State Making as Organized Crime 243Getting Away with Murder (Almost): A Genocide PrimerThe New Jim CrowSection VII. Revolution and Social MovementsThe Structuring of ProtestRevolution Against the RevolutionWing Populism in AmericaNoam Chomsky and Charles Derber – Interview