{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-punishment-dario-melossi-9781138686281","title":"The Political Economy of Punishment Today: Visions, Debates and Challenges","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the last fifteen years, the analytical field of punishment and society has witnessed an increase of research developing the connection between economic processes and the evolution of penality from different standpoints, focusing particularly on the increase of rates of incarceration in relation to the transformations of neoliberal capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together leading researchers from diverse geographical contexts, this book reframes the theoretical field of the political economy of punishment, analysing penality within the current economic situation and connecting contemporary penal changes with political and cultural processes. It challenges the traditional and common sense understanding of imprisonment as 'exclusion' and posits a more promising concept of imprisonment as a 'differential' or 'subordinate' form of 'inclusion'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking book will be a key text for scholars who are working in the field of punishment and society as well as reaching a broader audience within law, sociology, economics, criminology and criminal justice studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dario Melossi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 113868628X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138686281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Dario Melossi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087762698495,"sku":"9781138686281","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02c904a8-bd23-4806-8f5a-0e9bf55728e2.jpg?v=1769101260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-political-economy-of-punishment-dario-melossi-9781138686281","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}