Getting Tough: Welfare and Imprisonment in 1970s America

by Julilly Kohler-Hausmann

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The politics and policies that led to America's expansion of the penal system and reduction of welfare programs

In 1970s America, politicians began "getting tough" on drugs, crime, and welfare. These campaigns helped expand the nation's penal system, discredit welfare programs, and cast blame for the era's social upheaval on racialized deviants that the state was not accountable to serve or represent. Getting Tough sheds light...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691191549

ISBN13:9780691191546

Release Date:May 2019

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:322 Pages

Weight:1.09 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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