Welfare and Punishment

From Thatcherism to Austerity
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-0389-9
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 443 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cummins, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

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 Autor(innen)

Cummins, Ian
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.

Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at Salford University.