Laura A. Dickinson
Ashgate
Hardback
588
2007
Examining the political economy of punishment this book debates the view that the evolution of punitive systems should be connected to the transformations of capitalist economies. The author investigates the emergence of a new flexible labour force in contemporary Western societies and the role of penal politics in controlling this labour force.
Ashgate
Hardback
588
2007
Examining the political economy of punishment this book debates the view that the evolution of punitive systems should be connected to the transformations of capitalist economies. The author investigates the emergence of a new flexible labour force in contemporary Western societies and the role of penal politics in controlling this labour force.