The Politics of the Prison and the Prisoner: Zoon Politikon?

ISBN-13: 9781138946033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 232 str.

Susan Easton

Opis

Drawing on a range of contemporary and historical topics and including cases from the UK, US and Russia, this book examines the prison as a political institution and as a site of both politicization and political protest.

Spis treści

1. The prisoner as a zoon politikon,  2. Political protest in prison,  3. The quest for citizenship in prison,  4. Losing citizenship in prison,  5. Discovering politics in prison,  6. The treatment of political prisoners,  7. Prisoners as a political problem,  Bibliography,  Index

O autorze

Susan Easton is a Barrister and Professor of Law at Brunel Law School. She has lectured and published in both sociology and law, specialising in prisoners' rights, and has taught in UK prisons.