Personalizing the state : the anthropology of law, politics, and welfare in austerity Britain

Personalizing the state : the 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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Main Author: Koch, Insa Lee (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
Subjects:
Marginality, Social > Great Britain.
Economic history
Marginality, Social
Politics and government
Social conditions
Society & culture: general.
Society.
Great Britain > Social conditions.
Great Britain > Economic conditions.
Great Britain > Politics and government.
Great Britain
Online Access:Click for online access
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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.
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191845437
0191845434
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 8, 2019).

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