{"product_id":"castles-of-our-conscience-social-control-and-the-american-state-1800-1985-hardback-9780745606996","title":"Castles of our Conscience; Social Control and the American State 1800 - 1985 (Hardback) 9780745606996","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCastles of our Conscience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Control and the American State 1800 - 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam G. Staples (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745606996, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 October 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e197 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16.1 x 2 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastles of our Conscience\u003c\/i\u003e presents a new and distinctive analysis of the role of the modern state in the shaping of policies of social control. Staples provides a theoretical framework for understanding the mechanisms of state policy-making and capacity. This framework supports an interpretation of the changing nature of institutions of social control in the United States from the beginning in the nineteenth century to the present day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A distinctive feature of the author’s approach is his critique of existing theories of the state as well as recent revisionist writing in social control. Both, he argues, have tended to either reduce the state to an instrument of class power or treat it in too ‘structuralist’ a fashion. Developing a sophisticated account of the relationship between the state and civil society he provides a history of social control policies in the United States that balances analytical concerns with historical narrative.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book will be of interest to students and professionals in sociology, politics and criminology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Explaining Patterns of Institutional Social Control\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Progressivism to Revisionism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward a State-centered Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structuration of the State: Form, Function, and Apparatus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Denial of Freedom in the New Republic: Social Control and the American State, 1800–1929\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Charting the Liberal-Capitalist State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProduction Politics in the Nineteenth-century Prison\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"Problem\" of Prison Labor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of the Prison as Factory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscipline, Punishment, and Capitalism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking to Reproduce the State\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Public Welfare in an Age of Social and Economic Crises\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty, Dependency, and the Poorhouse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom \"Houses of Industry\" to \"Disgraceful Memorials\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassification and the Growth of Specialized Institutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbsorbing the Local State: Centralization, Political Power, and the State Apparatus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Accumulating Minds and Bodies: Social Control and the American State, 1930–1985\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Charting the Advanced-Capitalist State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoads to the State Asylum\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Idle and Unproductive in the Penitentiary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Juvenile Court and the Penetration of the Family\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Contradictions and Consequences in Post-war Psychiatry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe State Hospital in the \"New Age\" of Community Mental Health\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpening the Back Doors: The Political Legitimacy of State Governments and the Early Signs of Deinstitutionalization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity Psychiatry and the \"New Frontier\" of Progressive Social Reform\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Public Policy under the Liberal Welfare State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the \"New Frontier\" to the \"Great Society\": The Politics and Policies of the Kennedy-Johnson Years\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Gray Gold\": The New American Nursing Home Industry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Goal of \"Reintegration\": Offenders on Probation and Parole\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrises in the Community: the Politicization of America’s \"Crime Wave\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdolescents Go from Bad to Mad\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Evolution of the State Apparatus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dialectics of the State in Civil Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Concepts, Data, and Sources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52502965354776,"sku":"9780745606996","price":42.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745606996.jpg?v=1786321575","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/castles-of-our-conscience-social-control-and-the-american-state-1800-1985-hardback-9780745606996","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}