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Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California



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Autore: Gilmore Ruth Wilson <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Golden gulag : prisons, surplus, crisis, and opposition in globalizing California Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2007
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2007]
©2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
Disciplina: 365.9794
Soggetto topico: California -- Economic conditions
Criminal justice, Administration of -- California
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- California
Imprisonment -- California
Minorities -- California
Prisons -- California
Prisons -- Economic aspects -- California
Prisons - Economic aspects - California
Prisons - California
Imprisonment - California
Criminal justice, Administration of - California
Discrimination in criminal justice administration - California
Minorities - California
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency
Soggetto geografico: California Economic conditions
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Prologue: The Bus; 1. Introduction; 2. The California Political Economy; 3. The Prison Fix; 4. Crime, Croplands, and Capitalism; 5. Mothers Reclaiming Our Children; 6. What Is to Be Done?; Epilogue: Another Bus; Notes; Bibliography and References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces, ranging from global to local, conjoined to produce the prison boom. In an informed and impassioned account, Ruth Wilson Gilmore examines this issue through statewide, rural, and urban perspe
Altri titoli varianti: Golden gulag
American Crossroads, Volume 21
Titolo autorizzato: Golden gulag  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-22256-3
0-520-93803-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910810818303321
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Serie: American Crossroads