| Incarcerating the Crisis: Freedom Struggles and the Rise of the Neoliberal State Volume 43 Contributor(s): Camp, Jordan T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520281810 ISBN-13: 9780520281813 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - 21st Century - Social Science | Minority Studies |
| Dewey: 303.484 |
| LCCN: 2015037551 |
| Series: American Crossroads |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The United States currently has the largest prison population on the planet. Over the last four decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. These developments are without historical precedent, but not without historical explanation. In this searing critique, Jordan T. Camp traces the rise of the neoliberal carceral state through a series of turning points in U.S. history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, the Attica uprising in 1971, the Los Angeles revolt in 1992, and events in post-Katrina New Orleans in 2005. Incarcerating the Crisis argues that these dramatic events coincided with the emergence of neoliberal capitalism and the state's attempts to crush radical social movements. Through an examination of the poetic visions of social movements--including those by James Baldwin, Marvin Gaye, June Jordan, José Ramírez, and Sunni Patterson--it also suggests that alternative outcomes have been and continue to be possible. |