Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore "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 FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New 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. Back Cover "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 Franciscos 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. Gilmores depressingly hopeful analysis is a wake-up call for our somnolence."--Vijay Prashad, author of "Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare Flap "A magnificent analysis of the political economy of superincarceration 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 Franciscos 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. Gilmores depressingly hopeful analysis is a wake-up call for our somnolence."--Vijay Prashad, author of Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses: Debt, Prison, Workfare 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. Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Prologue: The Bus 1. Introduction 2. The California Political Economy 3. The Prison Fix 4. Crime, Croplands, and Capitalism 5. Mothers Reclaiming Our Children 6. What Is to Be Done? Epilogue: Another Bus Notes Review "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 Franciscos Chinatown" Long 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 Californias 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 off 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 states commitment to prison expansion. Review Quote "An impressive first book that stands as a model of politically engaged scholarship and an indictment of Californias archipelago of concrete and steel cages. . . . In this sophisticated, interdisciplinary study, brimming with new ideas, political savvy and moral urgency, Gilmore takes us on a demanding intellectual exploration of Californias economic, political, spatial and cultural history. . . . Now, if you want to understand why progressive California leads the Western world with its regressive system of punishment, Gilmores Golden Gulag is the first must-read book of the 21st century." Details ISBN0520242017 Author Ruth Wilson Gilmore Short Title GOLDEN GULAG Pages 388 Publisher University of California Press Series American Crossroads (Paperback) Language English ISBN-10 0520242017 ISBN-13 9780520242012 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 365.979 Series Number 21 Illustrations Yes Year 2006 Publication Date 2006-09-30 Imprint University of California Press Subtitle Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California Country of Publication United States Edition 1st Place of Publication Berkerley Birth 1950 DOI 10.1604/9780520242012 UK Release Date 2007-01-08 NZ Release Date 2007-01-08 US Release Date 2007-01-08 AU Release Date 2007-01-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9780520242012
Book Title: Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globali
Number of Pages: 412 Pages
Publication Name: Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 210 mm
Publication Year: 2007
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 454 g
Subject Area: Criminal Law
Author: Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Item Width: 140 mm
Series: American Crossroads
Format: Paperback
