Democracy in Captivity

Prisoners, Patients, and the Limits of Self-Government
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-520-39494-0
Verlag: UCAL POD

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 251 g

Reihe: University of California Press

Who ought to govern those held in custody, and by what right? Democracy in Captivity examines various efforts to answer these questions, centering on two case studies at custodial institutions: the rise and demise of patient self-governance at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, DC, between 1947 and 1965 and the prisoner-organized governance of Massachusetts's Walpole State Prison following a 1973 prison-guard strike. As Christopher D. Berk shows, the promise of these initiatives was tempered by the custodians' backlash to their wards' attempts at self-rule. This backlash arrived not only in the blunt forms of restraint chairs, riot gear, and a surgeon's scalpel but also as more covert measures taken under the cover of so-called democratic management—which in turn entrenched disenfranchisement and naturalized authoritarian rule. Turning from these case studies to a wider consideration of custody and democracy, Berk explores pathologies that have captured the politics of punishment, with pressing implications for the practice of democracy both inside and outside custodial institutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berk, Christopher D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Custody and Democracy

2. Patients, Prisoners, Children, and Travelers

3. Mad Politics

4. Community Control in Custody

5. On Prison Democracy

6. Democratic Erosion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher D. Berk is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.