{"product_id":"at-the-heart-of-the-state-9780745335599","title":"At the Heart of the State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn edited collection that explores all aspects of the state and its institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Didier Fassin is one of the most imaginative social scientists of our time. This book should be considered not only as required reading for all scholars in the field, but also for all active citizens' -- Pierre Rosanvallon, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of Politics at the Collège de France\u003cbr\u003e'An important collection of finely wrought case studies of various institutions through which the state interacts with its most precarious populations. A major contribution at the too rarely visited crossroads of political and moral anthropology' -- Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e'This extraordinary collection delivers novel ethnographic questions and insights with regard to the literal and figurative dilemmas of alienation and incorporation within the contemporary state' -- Carol J. Greenhouse, Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair at Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Preface\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Can States be Moral? Preface to the English Edition\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction: Governing Precarity - Didier Fassin\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Judging\u003cbr\u003e  1. The Right to Punish: Assessing Sentences in Immediate Appearance Trials - Chowra Makaremi\u003cbr\u003e  2. Justice for Immigrants: The Work of Magistrates in Deportation Proceedings - Nicolas Fischer\u003cbr\u003e  3. In Search of Truth: How Asylum Applications are Adjudicated - Carolina Kobelinsky\u003cbr\u003e  Part II: Repressing\u003cbr\u003e  4. Maintaining Order: The Moral Justifications for Police Practices - Didier Fassin\u003cbr\u003e  5. Sanctioning behind Bars: The Humanisation of Retribution in Prison - Fabrice Fernandez\u003cbr\u003e  6. Assisting or Controlling? When Social Workers Become Probation Officers - Yasmine Bouagga\u003cbr\u003e  Part III: Supporting\u003cbr\u003e  7. Discipline and Educate: Contradictions within the Juvenile Justice System - Sébastien Roux\u003cbr\u003e  8. Listening to Suffering: The Treatment of Mental Fragility at a Home for Adolescents - Isabelle Coutant and Jean-Sébastien Eideliman\u003cbr\u003e  9. Profiling Job Seekers: The Counseling of Youths at an Employment Center - Sarah Mazouz\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Raisons d’État - Didier Fassin\u003cbr\u003e  Glossary\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865698349399,"sku":"9780745335599","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/at-the-heart-of-the-state-9780745335599","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}