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This analysis explores law-and-order policing as a central point of capitalist state power, arguing that crime-fighting is not the principle aim of contemporary law and order policing—rather, the aim is the Production of a new, neoliberal capitalist order based on the restructuring of social relations. Two case studies provide a close-up look at the impact of such policing as a means of social control.
Price: $21.95
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing
Publication Date:
01 September 2006
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781552661857
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
Todd Gordon is a professor of political science at York University and has written articles for Canadian Review of Social Policy, Capital & Class, Social Justice, and Studies in Political Economy.