Getting Tough - Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America

Zusatztext "This extraordinary book analyzes changing state-level policies toward drugs, welfare, and incarceration in the 1970s in the US, revealing connections between welfare and imprisonment as institutions of social regulation. . . . Drawing on statements and letters from officials, activists, prisoners, welfare recipients, and concerned citizens, Kohler-Hausmann illuminates the often contradictory and always contingent dialogues through which 'tough' policies were legitimized and enacted. . . . The inclusion of so many voices leads to a lively and engaging read." Informationen zum Autor Julilly Kohler-Hausmann is associate professor of history at Cornell University. Klappentext The politics and policies that led to America's expansion of the penal system and reduction of welfare programs In 1970s America, politicians began "getting tough" on drugs, crime, and welfare. These campaigns helped expand the nation's penal system, discredit welfare programs, and cast blame for the era's social upheaval on racialized deviants th Zusammenfassung The politics and policies that led to America's expansion of the penal system and reduction of welfare programs In 1970s America, politicians began "getting tough" on drugs, crime, and welfare. These campaigns helped expand the nation's penal system, discredit welfare programs, and cast blame for the era's social upheaval on racialized deviants th

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Julilly Kohler-Hausman, Julilly Kohler-Hausmann
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.05.2017
• EAN: 9780691174525
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17452-5
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Politics and Society in Modern America; Politics and Society in Modern; Politics and Society in Modern America
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / General, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Welfare & benefit systems