Harmful societies : understanding social harm

Author(s)

    • Pemberton, Simon (Simon Adrian)

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Harmful societies : understanding social harm

Simon Pemberton

(Studies in social harm)

Policy Press, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-171) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

While the notion of social harm has long interested critical criminologists it is now being explored as an alternative field of study, which provides more accurate analyses of the vicissitudes of life. However, important aspects of this notion remain undeveloped, in particular the definition of social harm, the question of responsibility and the methodologies for studying harm. This book, the first to theorise and define the social harm concept beyond criminology, seeks to address these omissions and questions why some capitalist societies appear to be more harmful than others. In doing so it provides a platform for future debates, in this series and beyond. It will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers across criminology, sociology, social policy, socio-legal studies and geography.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Defining social harm
  • Capitalist formations and the production of harm
  • Harm reduction regimes and the production of physical harm
  • Harm reduction regimes and the production of autonomy and relational harms
  • Harm reduction regimes, neoliberalism and the production of harm

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Details

  • NCID
    BB23001240
  • ISBN
    • 9781847427953
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Bristol
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 183 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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