Punishing the Poor—a debate: Some questions on Wacquant's theorizing the neoliberal state

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-103

  Mayer, Margit ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

neoliberal poverty policies; neoliberal state; poor people's agency; welfare to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649315138     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480609352890     Document Type: Article

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