| Prisons of Poverty: Volume 23 Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Wacquant, Loïc (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816639019 ISBN-13: 9780816639014 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $22.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Penology - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 365.973 |
| LCCN: 2009006972 |
| Series: Contradictions (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.60 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this title, the author examines how penal policies emanating from the United States have spread thoughout the world. The author argues that the policies have their roots in a network of Reagan-era conservative think tanks, which used them as weapons in their crusade to dismantle the welfare state and, in effect, criminalise poverty. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wacquant, Loic: - Loïc Wacquant is professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and researcher at the Centre de sociologie européenne, Paris. |