Lacey, Nicola (2012) Revisiting the comparative political economy of punishment. In: Max Weber Lecture (2011-12), 2012-02-15, Florence, Italy. (Submitted)
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In this lecture, I will address recent attempts to understand the relevance of political forces and institutions in shaping the practice and the social meaning of punishment. I will focus on one argument about the relevance of the political which has been especially influential during the last decade. This is the ‘neoliberal penality thesis’: the argument that politics can usefully be characterised as broadly neoliberal, or as social democratic: and that the decline or attenuation of social democracy, and the concomitant rise of neoliberalism have been associated with an intensification of penality. I will sketch what I take to be the key arguments for that thesis, before presenting a critique of both its method and its substantive conclusions.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/MaxWebe... |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | K Law > K Law (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2013 09:05 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 08:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/52325 |
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