Grenfell, Austerity, and Institutional Violence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2391999 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vickie Cooper (The Open University, corresponding author), David Whyte (0009-0008-4830-5010) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 207-216 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1360780418800066 |
| OpenAlex | W2889055899 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 17 |
The complex chains of decisions that produce disasters like the Grenfell Tower fire are not readily described as 'violence'. 'Violence' is something that remains largely understood in popular consciousness, and in sociology, as an interpersonal phenomenon, and as the result of a deliberate attempt to cause harm. This is largely because our understanding of violence is always somehow connected to legal concepts and principles. In this article, we argue that the Grenfell fire was produced by a form of collective decision-making that we describe as institutional violence; it reflects the routine order and detached administration of a form of violence that is intimately connected to a more insidious targeting of subject groups and populations in ways that produce and increase the likelihood of other, ongoing, violent circumstances occurring
Austerity · Criminology · Economics · Epistemology · Harm · Interpersonal violence · Phenomenon · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |