Re-Thinking the Political Economy of Punishment: Perspectives on Post-Fordism and Penal Politics Contributor(s): Giorgi, Alessandro De (Author) |
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ISBN: 0754626105 ISBN-13: 9780754626107 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2006 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Criminology - Law | Criminal Law - General |
Dewey: 364.6 |
LCCN: 2005028248 |
Series: Advances in Criminology |
Physical Information: 184 pages |
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Publisher Description: The political economy of punishment suggests that the evolution of punitive systems should be connected to the transformations of capitalist economies: in this respect, each 'mode of production' knows its peculiar 'modes of punishment'. However, global processes of transformation have revolutionized industrial capitalism since the early 1970s, thus configuring a post-Fordist system of production. In this book, the author investigates the emergence of a new flexible labour force in contemporary Western societies. Current penal politics can be seen as part of a broader project to control this labour force, with far-reaching effects on the role of the prison and punitive strategies in general. |