Description: Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "A magnificent analysis of the political economy of super-incarceration and the slave plantations that California calls prisons."—Mike Davis, author of "Ecology of Fear""Golden Gulag is a deeply necessary book for our times. Gilmore digs beneath the easy answers to the more troubling causes of a political consensus that prisons are the only solution to all urban and rural ills."—Nayan Shah, author of "Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown"Ruth Gilmore lays bare the diabolical logic of neoliberal incarceration. She shows us that the prison is a symptom of the decline of our civilization, how the California Nightmare has produced its disposable population. Gilmore's depressingly hopeful analysis is a wake-up call for our somnolence."—Vijay Prashad, author of "Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare Publisher Description Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called "the biggest prison building project in the history of the world." "Golden Gulag" provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic forces, ranging from global to local, conjoined to produce the prison boom.In an informed and impassioned account, Ruth Wilson Gilmore examines this issue through statewide, rural, and urban perspectives to explain how the expansion developed from surpluses of finance capital, labor, land, and state capacity. Detailing crises that hit California's economy with particular ferocity, she argues that defeats of radical struggles, weakening of labor, and shifting patterns of capital investment have been key conditions for prison growth. The results—a vast and expensive prison system, a huge number of incarcerated young people of color, and the increase in punitive justice such as the "three strikes" law—pose profound and troubling questions for the future of California, the United States, and the world. "Golden Gulag "provides a rich context for this complex dilemma, and at the same time challenges many cherished assumptions about who benefits and who suffers from the state's commitment to prison expansion. Author Biography Ruth Wilson Gilmore is Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Program in American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. She is a member of the founding collective of Critical Resistance, one of the most important national anti-prison organizations in the United States. Details ISBN 0520242017 ISBN-13 9780520242012 Title Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California Author Ruth Wilson Gilmore Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 388 Edition 1st Publisher University of California Press GE_Item_ID:132750411; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780520242012
Book Title: Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globali
Number of Pages: 412 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Golden Gulag : Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Globalization, Economic Conditions, Penology, Criminal Law / Sentencing, Criminology
Publication Year: 2007
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Series: American Crossroads Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Perfect
