Managing modernity : politics and the culture of control

Edited By Matt Matravers. This Is A Special Issue Of The Journal Critical Review Of International Social And Political Philosophy--p. . Many Of The Papers In This Volume Were Given At A Conference On The Culture Of Control At The University Of York In September 2003--p. . Papers Included Largely Use David Garland's The Culture Of Control (2001) As A Springboard For Discussion. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Criminologists, social theorists and philosophers from the USA and UK address the question, 'What do new forms of control - from mass imprisonment to on-the-spot-fines - tell us about ourselves and the societies we live in?'.This volume was previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP).