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Castles of Our Conscience: Social Control and the American State 1800 - 1985 Hardback - 1991

by William G. Staples

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This is an ambitious integration of classical and poststructuralist social theory that demonstrates value of a state-centered approach towards welfare.

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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.

A distinctive feature of the author's approach is his critique of existing theories of the state as well as recent revisionist writing in social control. Both, he argues, have tended to either reduce the state to an instrument of class power or treat it in too 'structuralist' a fashion. Developing a sophisticated account of the relationship between the state and civil society he provides a history of social control policies in the United States that balances analytical concerns with historical narrative.

This book will be of interest to students and professionals in sociology, politics and criminology.

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  • Title Castles of Our Conscience: Social Control and the American State 1800 - 1985
  • Author William G. Staples
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First British Ed
  • Pages 197
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Polity Press, Cambridge, UK
  • Publication date 1991-01-08
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9780745606996 / 0745606997
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.42 x 0.8 in (23.57 x 16.31 x 2.03 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social policy, Social service - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 91154729
  • Dewey Decimal Code 302.01

About the author

Bill Staples grew up on the south shore of Long Island, New York. He has been a commercial fisherman, taxicab driver, plumber's apprentice, and pizza maker. He studied sociology at the University of Oregon, the University of Southern California, and UCLA. Staples is currently the 2013-14 E. Jackson Baur Professor of Sociology and founding Director of the Surveillance Studies Research Center at the University of Kansas. In addition to the first edition of EVERYDAY SURVEILLANCE his previous books include CASTLES OF OUR CONSCIENCE: SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE AMERICAN STATE, 1800-1985, a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, POWER, PROFITS, AND PATRIARCHY: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF WORK AT A BRITISH METAL TRADES FIRM, 1791-1922 (with C. L. Staples), an American Sociological Association Book Award winner as well as and the two-volume reference work, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRIVACY, also a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. He lives in Lawrence, Kansas.
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