Cops, Crime and Capitalism: The Law and Order Agenda in Canada

by Todd Gordon

Overview

This analysis explores law-and-order policing as a central point of capitalist state power, arguing that crime-fighting is not the principle aim of contemporary law and order policing—rather, the aim is the Production of a new, neoliberal capitalist order based on the restructuring of social relations. Two case studies provide a close-up look at the impact of such policing as a means of social control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781552661857
Publisher:	Fernwood Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2006
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Todd Gordon is a professor of political science at York University and has written articles for Canadian Review of Social Policy, Capital & Class, Social Justice, and Studies in Political Economy.