Personalizing the state : : an anthropology of law, politics, and welfare in austerity Britain / / Insa Lee Koch.
Starting with penal populism, this text examines a paradox: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has taken. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on a housing estate, it moves from why liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn, to what democracy means to these residents and how they experience thei...
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| Superior document: | Clarendon studies in criminology |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Oxford : : Oxford University Press,, 2018. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Clarendon studies in criminology.
Oxford scholarship online. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Notes: | This edition previously issued in print: 2018. |
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| Summary: | Starting with penal populism, this text examines a paradox: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has taken. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on a housing estate, it moves from why liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn, to what democracy means to these residents and how they experience their daily engagements with the state. |
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| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0192534475 0191845434 0192534467 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Insa Lee Koch. |