Castles of Our Conscience: Social Control and the American State 1800 - 1985

by William G. Staples

Castles of our Conscience presents a new and distinctive analysis of the role of the modern state in the shaping of policies of social control. Staples provides a theoretical framework for understanding the mechanisms of state policy-making and capacity. This framework supports an interpretation of the changing nature of institutions of social control in the United States from the beginning in the nineteenth century to the present day.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745606997
• ISBN13: 9780745606996
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"