With the rise of modern industrial capitalism, the world has come to witness a new type of crimes which have been known as 'white-collar crimes', 'the crime of the rich and powerful' and so on. The study deals with the phenomenon and its various aspects and its proliferation in the corporate sector, the media, religion, education, bureaucracy and politics. It devotes a chapter to the growth of mafia and its origin, various characteristics and the mode of operation. It has analysed the deadly nexus among business, bureaucracy, politics and mafia in the light of the scams which have surfaced in India during reccent endeavour written in a very readable style, which may be helpfulto researchers, politicians, journalists and general readers., About The Author:- Dr. Girish Mishra, Reader in Economics at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi , is a specialist in economic history while Dr. Braj Kumar Pandey, Professor in Political Science at R.N. College, Hajipur of the Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, has specialised in socio-economic problems of Bihar., Contents:- Preface · Acknowledgements · Introduction · The Crimes of the Rich and Influential · Corporate Sector Crimes · BCCI: The Rogue Corporation · white-Collar Theft · The World of Media · Criminal Godmen · Crimes in the World of Education · Corruption and Bureaucracy · Corruption in Political Sphere · The Dawn of Mafia · Scams or the Deadly Nexus · Epilogues · Appendixs-I: Vohra Committee Report · Appendix-II: CBI Chargesheet in Bihar Animal Hubandry Scam · Bibliography · Index
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