Dr Dave Whyte , University of Liverpool
16th February 2012
At 16:00 in Room 6.345 and afterwards in the Sociology Common Room
Abstract
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Biography
David Whyte researches powerful elites and institutions. His research focuses on the relationship between the rule of law and state-corporate violence. His most recent work is concerned with the development of new forms of accountability for state-corporate violence.
His most recent work is concerned with the development of new forms of accountability for state-corporate violence. His recent publications include: Regulatory Surrender: death, injury and the non-enforcement of law, (Institute of Employment Rights, 2010, co-authored with Steve Tombs); State, Crime, Power (Sage, 2009, co-edited with Roy Coleman, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs); Crimes of the Powerful: a reader (Open University Press, 2009)
He is currently working on a project funded by the British Academy that explores the extent to which human rights law can be applied to Corporate Human Rights Violations.
