Ideologies, Power and the Politics of Punishment
The Case of the British Conservative Party
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8403552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Guiney (0000-0002-5601-4298, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1158-1174 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azac031 |
| OpenAlex | W4296023687 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 54 |
Recent scholarship has underscored the limitations of a theoretical repertoire that reduces the politics of punishment to debates over punitiveness, neoliberalism or penal exceptionalism. In this paper I argue that greater understanding of the dynamic interplay between ideologies and power can provide a richer account of the complex and contradictory landscapes of contemporary penal politics. I seek to show that political parties occupy a prominent position within representative systems of government and this mediating role, at the intersection between ideology and power, is closely associated with the production of penal policy outcomes. Reflecting upon the recent history of the British Conservative Party, I conclude that the politics of punishment is shaped, not only by inter-party competition (and consensus), but the dynamics of intra-party conflict
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Exceptionalism · Ideology · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Punishment (psychology) · Scholarship · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |