Title Incarcerating the crisis : freedom struggles and the rise of the neoliberal state / Jordan T. Camp

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (282 pages) Series American Crossroads ; 43 American crossroads ; 43. Contents Introduction: an old world is dying -- The explosion in Watts: The second reconstruction and the cold war roots of the carceral state -- Finally got the news: The black freedom struggle and the crisis of U.S. hegemony in Detroit -- The sound before the fury: Attica, racialized state violence, and the neoliberal turn in New York -- Reading the writing on the wall: The Los Angeles uprising and the Carceral City -- What's going on? Moral panics and militarization in post-Katrina New Orleans -- Shut 'em down: Social movements confront mass homelesness and militarized policing in Los Angeles -- Epilogue: poetry of the future Summary "The United States currently has the highest incarceration rate of any country: one in thirty-five adults are in jail, prison, immigrant detention, or on parole or probation. Over the last four decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urban poverty, and mass homelessness have also become permanent features of the political economy. These developments are without historical precedent, but not without historical explanation. In this searing critique, Jordan T. Camp traces the roots of this explosive carceral crisis through a series of turning points in U.S. history including the Watts insurrection in 1965, the Detroit rebellion in 1967, the Attica uprising in 1971, the Los Angeles revolt in 1992, and post-katrina New Orleans in 2005. Incarcerating the Crisis argues that these dramatic events coincided with the emergence of neoliberal capitalism and the state's attempts to crush radical social movements. Through an examination of poetic visions of social movements--including those by James Baldwin, Marvin Gaye, June Jordan, Jose Ramirez, and Sunni Patterson--it also suggests that alternative outcomes have been and continue to be possible."--Provided by publisher Analysis american history american politics american prison system attica prison riot detroit riot history hurricane katrina imprisonment james baldwin jose ramirez june jordan los angeles riot marvin gaye mass homelessness neoliberal capitalism neoliberal carceral state new orleans political economy political politics prison population prison race and class radical social movements structural unemployment sunni patterson united states of america united states prisons urban poverty watts insurrection Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Subject Protest movements -- United States -- History Race riots -- United States -- History African Americans -- Social conditions. Neoliberalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History Social problems in mass media. Race relations in mass media. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. African Americans -- Social conditions Protest movements Race relations Race relations in mass media Race riots Social problems in mass media Rassenunruhen Freiheitsstrafe Neoliberalismus SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520957688 0520957687

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