Personalizing the state an anthropology of law, politics, and welfare in austerity Britain
Starting with penal populism, this text examines a paradox: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has taken. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on a housing estate, it moves from why liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn, to what democracy means to these residents and how they experience thei...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Clarendon studies in criminology.
Oxford scholarship online. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009841937106719 |
| Summary: | Starting with penal populism, this text examines a paradox: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has taken. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on a housing estate, it moves from why liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn, to what democracy means to these residents and how they experience their daily engagements with the state. |
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| Item Description: | This edition previously issued in print: 2018. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192534477 9780191845437 9780192534460 |
