Redistributing the poor : jails, hospitals, and the crisis of law and fiscal austerity /

In 'Redistributing the Poor', ethnographer and historical sociologist Armando Lara-Millán takes us into the day-to-day operations of running the largest hospital and jail system in the world. He shows how journalists, academics, and policy makers have drastically misunderstood the rise me...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Lara-Millán, Armando
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Zusammenfassung:
In 'Redistributing the Poor', ethnographer and historical sociologist Armando Lara-Millán takes us into the day-to-day operations of running the largest hospital and jail system in the world. He shows how journalists, academics, and policy makers have drastically misunderstood the rise mental illness in jails as well as the decline of public hospitals in America. Lara-Millán offers a new way to think about how the government makes unsolvable social problems disappear on paper and perpetuates an endless cycle of social suffering.
Umfang:
1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-750792-1
0-19-750793-X
0-19-750791-3
Schlagworte:
Jails > United States > Administration.
Prisoners > United States > Social conditions.
Public hospitals > United States > Finance.
Poor > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Social control > United States.
Fiscal policy $z United States.
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