Democracy in Captivity

Democracy in Captivity
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9780520394940
ISBN-13 : 0520394941
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Book Synopsis Democracy in Captivity by : Christopher D. Berk

Download or read book Democracy in Captivity written by Christopher D. Berk and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Past and present efforts to reform prisons and mental hospitals are haunted by a desire to democratize custody. Embedded in this desire, Democracy in Captivity shows, is a persistent anxiety about who ought to govern ward life. Stuck in the middle of the social engineering efforts of both custodians and would-be democratic reformers are prisoners and patients themselves. Wards struggle for representation and, invariably, provoke backlash -- not only in the blunt forms of restraint chairs, riot gear, and a surgeon's scalpel, but also more covert sorts of maneuvering under the cover of 'democratic' management. Christopher D. Berk explains how these more subtle moves facilitate exploitation, entrench disenfranchisement, and naturalize authoritarian rule. In doing so, he uses custody as a lens to examine wider pathologies that have captured the politics of punishment today"--


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