Erosion and Adjustment: A Bourdieuian-Inspired Analysis of Imprisonment and Release

Erosion and Adjustment: A Bourdieuian-Inspired Analysis of Imprisonment and Release

Sociologists of punishment generally agree that the American prison exacerbates social inequality, but the mechanisms by which it does so remain somewhat fuzzy. This thesis pulls from the tradition of Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002), a canonical theorist of power and inequality, and specifically his thr...

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Main Author: Seim, Joshua David
Format: Others
Published: PDXScholar 2011
Subjects:
Habitus
(Re)integration
Inequality
Pierre Bourdieu > 1930-2002
Imprisonment > Social aspects > United States
Prisons > United States > Sociological aspects
Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization > United States
Social integration > United States
Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/295
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1294&context=open_access_etds

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