Michael Adler, Brian Longhurst

Discourse Power and Justice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780415042376
• ISBN-10: 0415042372
• Artikelnr.: 21384581

Autorenporträt

Michael Adler is Reader in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh. Brian Longhurst is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Salford.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Institutions
actors and trends in imprisonment
2. Discourses and discursive struggles
3. Classification: the core of the prison system
4. Transfers and careers: reinforcing classification
5. Regimes: the power of the governors and the marginalisation of other professionals
6. Petitions to the Secretary of State: handling requests and settling grievances?
7. The Prisons Inspectorate: monitoring regimes and improving standards?
8. The European Convention on Human Rights: protecting prisoners' rights?
9. Recent developments in penal policy: towards enterprising managerialism
10. Conclusion: discourse
power and justice
Notes
List of cited cases
References
Index