Discourse Power and Justice

ISBN-13: 9781138879928 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 304 str.

Adler

Opis

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

List of figures, List of tables, Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, Introduction, 1. Institutions, actors and trends in imprisonment, 2. Discourses and discursive struggles, 3. Classification: the core of the prison system, 4. Transfers and careers: reinforcing classification, 5. Regimes: the power of the governors and the marginalisation of other professionals, 6. Petitions to the Secretary of State: handling requests and settling grievances?, 7. The Prisons Inspectorate: monitoring regimes and improving standards?, 8. The European Convention on Human Rights: protecting prisoners’ rights?, 9. Recent developments in penal policy: towards enterprising managerialism, 10. Conclusion: discourse, power and justice, Notes, List of cited cases, References, Index

O autorze

Michael Adler is Reader in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh. Brian Longhurst is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Salford.