‘A prison is no place for a party’: Neoliberalism, charitable fundraising, carceral enjoyments and abolitionist killjoys

Mussell, Linda; Piché, Justin; Walby, Kevin; Guenther, Lisa

doi:10.1080/10282580.2021.2018655

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“…I advance an expansive understanding of the carceral state, drawing on a neo-institutionalist understanding of the state, with a focus on the interconnections between institutions, including interests, culture and logics (Mussell et al, 2022). Following neo-institutionalism, organizational behaviour is situated in and influenced by other organizations and wider social forces (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983; Meyer and Rowan, 1977).…”

Section: Defining the Canadian Carceral Statementioning

confidence: 99%

Decolonizing Research on the Carceral in Canadian Political Science

Mussell

2023

Can J Pol Sci

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In Canada, there is renewed attention to the violence experienced by Indigenous peoples in residential schools, by police, through hyper-imprisonment and child removal, in hospitals, and in the contemporary education system. All of these issues are interlinked and outcomes of the carceral state—defined as the policing, monitoring, surveillance, criminalization and imprisonment of people, especially Indigenous and other racialized peoples. In this article, I define and illustrate what the carceral state looks like in Canada. I articulate the current approach to studying the carceral in political science, note the paucity of research in the Canadian context and show where attention has been cast previously. I describe an improved approach to studying the carceral, arguing that a decolonized approach to studying the carceral must be relational and abolitionist, seeking to reduce and eliminate the use of carceral interventions.

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Section: Defining the Canadian Carceral Statementioning

confidence: 99%