Punishing the poor: The neoliberal government of social insecurity - Loïc Wacquant

As well as serving an economic function, Loïc Wacquant argues that the transformation from welfare to mass incarceration and prison/workfare is an exercise in statecraft; with the disappearance of the 'ghetto', a way of re-establishing subjugation along class, gender and racial lines.

Submitted by wojtek on November 26, 2013

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wojtek

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Submitted by wojtek on November 26, 2013

Interview with Loïc Wacquant:
http://www.againstthegrain.org/program/441/id/232343/wed-6-08-11-punitive-turn

Review:
http://www.unemployednegativity.com/2010/01/you-would-make-good-cop-wacquant-on.html