Punishment, political economy and crisis: Disciplining labour through state-corporate surveillance in the ‘neoliberal heartlands’

The aim of this article is to advance the politico-economic analysis of punishment in contexts of crisis. To this end, the article examines punitive state interventions in the ‘neoliberal heartlands’ of the UK and the US, as set against a backdrop of multidimensional crises that have reconfigured po...

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Main Author: Xenakis, Sappho (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2022]
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 332-348
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Keywords:
Political Economy
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Windrush Scandal
Imprisonment
Punishment
state-corporate surveillance
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Summary:The aim of this article is to advance the politico-economic analysis of punishment in contexts of crisis. To this end, the article examines punitive state interventions in the ‘neoliberal heartlands’ of the UK and the US, as set against a backdrop of multidimensional crises that have reconfigured political landscapes, the relationship between labour and capital, and the mode and scope of state punishment. Through a focus on the treatment of socio-economically embedded undocumented migrants, the article highlights the increasingly diffuse punitive repercussions stemming from the growing multi-sectoral, corporate-facilitated surveillance of the labour force.
ISSN:1741-2609
DOI:10.1177/14773708221089233