Re-Thinking the Political Economy of Punishment

Perspectives on Post-Fordism and Penal Politics

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Criminal law, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
Cover of the book Re-Thinking the Political Economy of Punishment by Alessandro De Giorgi, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Alessandro De Giorgi ISBN: 9781351903554
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: March 2, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Alessandro De Giorgi
ISBN: 9781351903554
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: March 2, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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