Regulating the Poor’
Observations on the ‘Structural Coupling’ of Welfare, Criminal Justice and the Voluntary Sector in a ‘Big Society’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11197873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John J Rodger (0000-0001-7162-1881, University of the West of Scotland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-431 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2012.00841.x |
| OpenAlex | W3020824324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 18 |
The article argues that the criminalizing tendency in contemporary social policy gets to the heart of how contemporary welfare systems work today. Analyses which point to criminalizing social policy ( Rodger 2008 ), governing through crime ( Simon 2007 ), cultures of control ( Garland 2001 ) and the penalization of the poor ( Wacquant 2009 ) all focus on what I will argue is actually the normal working of contemporary Western welfare systems. In the face of autonomous global economic processes, and largely uncontrollable macro‐economic systems which place governments in a subordinate relationship to global financial forces, governance of present‐day society is increasingly focused on the management of the behavioural dispositions of populations. In order to make these key themes and relationships visible, the article draws on Niklas Luhmann's functional structural systems theory and his concept of structural coupling to theorize the emerging policy relationships between the welfare system, the criminal justice system and civil society
Civil society · Corporate governance · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Law and economics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social policy · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law
Governing Delinquency Through Freedom
Luhmann's theory of psychic systems and communication in social work practice
Vulnerability and deviance
Crossing Knowledge Boundaries in InterprofessionalCollaborations
From Consensus to Dissensus
In or against the state? Hospitality and hostility in homelessness charities and deportation practice
Disciplinary Social Policy and the Failing Promise of the New Middle Classes
Explaining and Understanding State Intervention into the Lives of ‘Troubled’ Families
Recognising children's citizenship in the youth justice system
Troubling Times for Young People and Families With Troubles – Responding to Truancy, Rioting and Families Struggling With Adversity
Government as usual
Welfare Fraud 2.0? Using Big Data to Surveil, Stigmatize, and Criminalize the Poor
Neoliberalism and violence
New capitalism”, colonisation and the neo-philanthropic turn in social policy
Welfare Becomes Punishment
The Guardians of the Welfare State
Social Investment in Aotearoa/New Zealand
From Pillar to Post
Regulating the poor
Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crime
The Culture of Control
Ökologische Kommunikation
The Big Society
Why We Need a New Welfare State
The theory of communicative action
Governing Through Crime
The Vertigo of Late Modernity
The Enigma of Capital and the Crisis of Capitalism
The New Regulatory State and the Transformation of Criminology
Illusions Of Difference
Civilization and Ambivalence
The theorization of social co-ordinations in differentiated societies
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |