Conservative Politics, Sacred Cows, and Sacrificial Lambs
The (Mis)Use of Evidence in Canada's Political and Penal Fields
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12925161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meghan Dawe (University of Toronto, corresponding author), Philip Goodman (0000-0002-2485-7573, University of Toronto) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-146 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cars.12142 |
| OpenAlex | W2615513831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article explores the federal government's justifications for its decision to cancel Canada's prison farm program, and demonstrates how Harper's Conservatives used talk of “evidence,” “science,” and “research” to appear to be performing good, modern governance. We argue that developments within the penal field are deeply intertwined with activities within the political field—and are more clearly understood when situated within the broader context of politics, science, and the strategic (mis)use of evidence. Scholars must be careful in assuming the state is actually engaging evidence rather than doing so only at the level of rhetoric and discourse. Cet article explore les justifications utilisées par le gouvernement fédéral par rapport à sa décision d'annuler le programme canadien de prisons‐fermes, et démontre comment les conservateurs d'Harper ont utilisé les notions d’‘évidence’, de ‘science’ et de ‘recherche’ pour donner une apparence de bonne performance et de gouvernance moderne. Nous affirmons que les développements du champ pénal sont profondément imbriqués avec les activités à l'intérieur du champ politique—et sont mieux comprises lorsque situés dans le cadre plus large des politiques, de la science et des stratégies de (mal)utilisation d’évidences. Les spécialistes devraient être prudents lorsqu'ils assument que l’État prend réellement en compte les évidences alors qu'il est en fait seulement au niveau de la rhétorique et du discours
Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Ethnology · Humanities · Management · Political science · Politics · Prison · Rhetoric · Situated · Sociology · State (computer science · Theology · Canadian Identity and History · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Criminal Law and Evidence · History · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |