Prison Labor in the United States - An Economic Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Asatar Bair is a professor of economics and statistics at the City College of San Francisco. His research interests include the economics of crime and punishment! class theory! monetary economics! international trade! and economic philosophy and methodology. He is interested in the intersection between economics and self-realization; he serves as a teacher for the Institute for Applied Meditation. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of contemporary prison labor in the United States, offering new insights into the practice of prison labor and exploring how the prison industrial complex shapes American society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Prisons and American Society 1. Slavery 2. Conditions of Existence of Slavery in U.S. Prisons 3. State Welfare and the Production of the Prison Household 4. The Production of Commodities in Prison 5. The History of Prison Slavery in the U.S. 6. Consequences of Prison Slavery

Product details

• Authors: Asatar Bair, Asatar (City College of San Francisco Bair, Bair Asatar, Martin Giller Stephenson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2012
• EAN: 9780415541992
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54199-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: New Political Economy; New Political Economy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional / International studies, Sociology: work & labour, The Americas, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General