Dilts, Andrew,

Punishment and inclusion : race, membership, and the limits of American liberalism / Andrew Dilts. - New York : Fordham University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (347 pages). - Just Ideas .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Productive Injustice -- 2 Fabricating Figures -- 3 Neoliberal Penality and the Biopolitics of Homo OEconomicus -- 4 To Kill a Thief -- 5 Innocent Citizens, Guilty Subjects -- 6 Punishing at the Ballot Box -- 7 Civic Disabilities -- 8 (Re)figuring Justice -- Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"This book gives a theoretical and historical account of felon disenfranchisement, showing deep connections between punishment and citizenship practices in the United States. These connections are deployed quietly and yet perniciously as part of a political system of white supremacy, shaping contemporary regimes of punishment and governance"--



9780823262441


Suffrage--United States.
Prisoners--Suffrage--United States.
Political rights, Loss of--United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States.
Punishment--United States.


Electronic Books.

JK1846 / .P865 2014