McLennan (Rebecca), The Crisis of Imprisonment. Protest, politics and the making of the American penal state (1776-1941)
The concept of « penal state » is familiar to me in the sense as introduced by Loïc Wacquant. He sees it as the successor to the welfare state: a régime that relies on criminalizing the surplus population of the post-industrial economy and keeping them in prison. Rebecca McLennan, who does not refe...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2010
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| גישה מקוונת: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| סיכום: | The concept of « penal state » is familiar to me in the sense as introduced by Loïc Wacquant. He sees it as the successor to the welfare state: a régime that relies on criminalizing the surplus population of the post-industrial economy and keeping them in prison. Rebecca McLennan, who does not refer to Wacquant, uses the concept in a different sense. It appears to refer either to the penal branch of the administration or to the intertwinement of governing and punishing. The combination of th... |
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