Punishment and Political Order (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: June 8, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780472099825
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Criminal law; Political science & theory; Politics / Current Events; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; History & Theory - General; Legal History; Penology; Political Science / History & Theory; Government policy; Philosophy; Punishment; Social control
Description: Examines the questions raised by the state's exercise of punitive power--from what it is about human psychology that desires sanction and order to how the state can administer pain while calling for justice. McBride demonstrates punishment's place at the core of political administration and the stated ideals of the polity. [from publisher description].