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Record Nr.

UNINA9911009217903321

Autore

Fassin Didier

Titolo

At the heart of the State : the moral world of institutions / / Didier Fassin [and nine others] ; translated by Patrick Brown and Didier Fassin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Pluto Press, , 2015

ISBN

9781783713110

1783713119

Edizione

[First English language edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Anthropology, culture, and society

Disciplina

305.8001

Soggetti

Ethnology - Philosophy

Ethnology - Philosophy - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Can states be moral? Preface to the English edition / Didier Fassin -- Introduction : Governing precarity / Didier Fassin -- The right to punish : assessing sentences in immediate appearance trials / Chowra Makaremi -- Justice for immigrants : the work of magistrates in deportation proceedings / Nicolas Fischer -- In search of truth : how asylum applications are adjudicated / Carolina Kobelinsky -- Maintaining order : the moral justifications for police practices / Didier Fassin -- Sanctioning behind bars : the humanization of retribution in prison / Fabrice Fernandez -- Assisting or controlling? When social workers become probation officers / Yasmine Bouagga -- Discipline and educate : contradictions within the juvenile justice system / Sébastien Roux -- Listening to suffering : the treatment of mental fragility at a home for adolescents / Isabelle Coutant and Jean-Sébastien Eideliman -- Profiling job seekers : the counseling of youths at an employment center / Sarah Mazouz.

Sommario/riassunto

An edited collection that explores all aspects of the state and its institutions.