Ruth Wilson Gilmore
(
2007
)
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
(
2007
)
Golden Gulag (2007) the rapid growth of prisons in California, even as crime fell. She argues this expansion was driven by surpluses - of land, labor, capital and state capacity - and used to manage problems like job less, unused land and extra public money. Prisons became a social fix, targeting Black and working class communities in rural areas most. The book shows how racism, the economy and punishment are inter-connected, and highlights the grassroots resistan
Golden Gulag (2007) the rapid growth of prisons in California, even as crime fell. She argues this expansion was driven by surpluses - of land, labor, capital and state capacity - and used to manage problems like job less, unused land and extra public money. Prisons became a social fix, targeting Black and working class communities in rural areas most. The book shows how racism, the economy and punishment are inter-connected, and highlights the grassroots resistan
policing, repression, borders, imprisonment