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In this enlightening study, Ian Cummins traces changing attitudes to penal and welfare systems. From Margaret Thatcher’s first cabinet, to austerity politics via New Labour, the book reveals the ideological shifts that have led successive governments to reinforce their penal powers. It shows how ‘tough on crime’ messages have spread to other areas of social policy, fostering the neoliberal political economy, encouraging hostile approaches to the social state and creating stigma for those living in poverty. This is an important addition to the debate around the complex and interconnected issues of welfare and punishment.

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Introduction Thatcherism and its Legacy Welfare and Punishment in a ‘Stark Utopia’ (1979– 2015) Contemporary Narratives of Mass Incarceration Exploring the Punitive Turn The Third Way in Welfare and Penal Policy New Labour, New Realism? Austerity and the Big Society Conclusion: Citizenship and the Centaur State

Welfare and Punishment: From Thatcherism to

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 17 February 2021
      ISBN-13 9781529203899
      978-1529203899
      ISBN-10 1529203899
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      Penology and punishment Social and ethical issues Social welfare, social policy and social services

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this enlightening study, Ian Cummins traces changing attitudes to penal and welfare systems. From Margaret Thatcher’s first cabinet, to austerity politics via New Labour, the book reveals the ideological shifts that have led successive governments to reinforce their penal powers. It shows how ‘tough on crime’ messages have spread to other areas of social policy, fostering the neoliberal political economy, encouraging hostile approaches to the social state and creating stigma for those living in poverty. This is an important addition to the debate around the complex and interconnected issues of welfare and punishment.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Thatcherism and its Legacy Welfare and Punishment in a ‘Stark Utopia’ (1979– 2015) Contemporary Narratives of Mass Incarceration Exploring the Punitive Turn The Third Way in Welfare and Penal Policy New Labour, New Realism? Austerity and the Big Society Conclusion: Citizenship and the Centaur State

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