Incarcerating the Crisis: Freedom Struggles and the Rise of the Neoliberal State

Jordan T. Camp

ISBN 10: 0520281829 / ISBN 13: 9780520281820

Published by University of California Press, 2016

About this Item

Over the decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. This title traces the roots of this carceral crisis through a series of turning points in US history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, and more. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. . . 2016. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Incarcerating the Crisis: Freedom Struggles and the Rise of the Neoliberal State
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520281829
• ISBN 13: 9780520281820
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The United States currently has the largest prison population on the planet. Over the last four decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. These developments are without historical precedent, but not without historical explanation. In this searing critique, Jordan T. Camp traces the rise of the neoliberal carceral state through a series of turning points in U.S. history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, the Attica uprising in 1971, the Los Angeles revolt in 1992, and events in post-Katrina New Orleans in 2005. Incarcerating the Crisis argues that these dramatic events coincided with the emergence of neoliberal capitalism and the state’s attempts to crush radical social movements. Through an examination of the poetic visions of social movements—including those by James Baldwin, Marvin Gaye, June Jordan, José Ramírez, and Sunni Patterson—it also suggests that alternative outcomes have been and continue to be possible. 

About the Author

Jordan T. Camp is a Visiting Scholar in the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and Co-Director of the Racial Capitalism Working Group in the Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University.