State and Provincial Parks are represented as inherently natural places set apart from the disorder of everyday life, places that are intrinsically 'wild' and must be protected. Yet, in order to experience the naturalness and freedom of the parks, we must embrace the very forms of regulation that we closely associate with places we consider to be artificial, restrictive, and alienating.
Drawing on a wide range of documents used to govern park jurisdictions, Joseph Hermer explores the character and consequences of the contradiction posed by the 'regulated Eden' of park destinations....
State and Provincial Parks are represented as inherently natural places set apart from the disorder of everyday life, places that are intrinsically...
In this book, criminologist Joe Hermer examines how the regulation of begging - underpinned by the social character of charity, contract, money and work - plays a central role in organising how we feel responsible for one another in late capitalist society. Based on the historical insight that modern begging law has had at its core a concern with the compassionate impulses of the public, Joe Hermer develops the concept of the gift encounter to understand begging as a profound social phenomenon that is intricately tied to the exercise of political power. Drawing on a range of eclectic...
In this book, criminologist Joe Hermer examines how the regulation of begging - underpinned by the social character of charity, contract, money and wo...
