Prisons of Poverty

Professor Loic Wacquant
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In this title, the author examines how penal policies emanating from the United States have spread thoughout the world. The author argues that the policies have their roots in a network of Reagan-era conservative.

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think tanks, which used them as weapons in their crusade to dismantle the welfare state and, in effect, criminalise poverty.