In this enlightening study, Ian Cummins traces changing attitudes to penal and welfare systems.
From Margaret Thatcher’s first cabinet, to austerity politics via New Labour, the book reveals the ideological shifts that have led successive governments to reinforce their penal powers. It shows how ‘tough on crime’ messages have spread to other areas of social policy, fostering the neoliberal political economy, encouraging hostile approaches to the social state and creating stigma for those living in poverty.
This is an important addition to the debate around the complex and interconnected issues of welfare and punishment.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Thatcherism and its Legacy
Welfare and Punishment in a ‘Stark Utopia’ (1979– 2015)
Contemporary Narratives of Mass Incarceration
Exploring the Punitive Turn
The Third Way in Welfare and Penal Policy
New Labour, New Realism?
Austerity and the Big Society
Conclusion: Citizenship and the Centaur State
Über den Autor
Ian Cummins is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Salford University. He qualified as a probation officer and subsequently worked as a mental health social worker. His research interests including the history of community care and mental health issues in the CJS. His most recent work has focused on poverty, inequality and advanced marginality.
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