Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics
Caught explores the prison state and its role in American politics. Marie Gottschalk examines how incarceration has become connected to political life in the United States, providing readers with a focused introduction to the relationship between prisons, public policy, and democracy.
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Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics examines the relationship between incarceration and political life in the United States.
Marie Gottschalk focuses on the prison state as a major feature of contemporary American politics.
The book considers how a politics shaped by imprisonment can affect public debate and political possibilities.
It offers readers a concise framework for thinking about the connections among prisons, policy, and American democracy.
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