Punishing the Poor
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Punishing the Poor is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that critiques the rise of punitive welfare and mass incarceration policies as tools for managing poverty and social marginality in neoliberal societies.
All labels observed (1)
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| Punishing the Poor canonical | 3 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Punishing the Poor Context triple: [Loïc Wacquant, notableWork, Punishing the Poor]
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A.
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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B.
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality is a scholarly book that explains how legal institutions and instruments are used to turn assets into capital, thereby shaping global wealth distribution and reinforcing economic inequality.
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C.
Interrogating Inequality
Interrogating Inequality is a key work in analytical Marxism that rigorously examines the structures and causes of social and economic inequality using tools of moral and political philosophy.
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D.
The Price of Inequality
The Price of Inequality is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that analyzes the causes and consequences of growing economic inequality and argues for policy reforms to create a fairer, more stable society.
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E.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Punishing the Poor Target entity description: Punishing the Poor is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that critiques the rise of punitive welfare and mass incarceration policies as tools for managing poverty and social marginality in neoliberal societies.
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A.
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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B.
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality is a scholarly book that explains how legal institutions and instruments are used to turn assets into capital, thereby shaping global wealth distribution and reinforcing economic inequality.
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C.
Interrogating Inequality
Interrogating Inequality is a key work in analytical Marxism that rigorously examines the structures and causes of social and economic inequality using tools of moral and political philosophy.
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D.
The Price of Inequality
The Price of Inequality is a book by economist Joseph Stiglitz that analyzes the causes and consequences of growing economic inequality and argues for policy reforms to create a fairer, more stable society.
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E.
The Acquisitive Society
The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociological study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
criminology
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political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| argues |
mass incarceration targets marginalized urban populations
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neoliberalism combines economic deregulation with punitive regulation of the poor ⓘ punitive policies are used to manage the poor ⓘ the penal system functions as a tool of social control ⓘ welfare retrenchment is linked to penal expansion ⓘ |
| author | Loïc Wacquant ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| critiques |
broken windows policing
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mass imprisonment ⓘ neoliberal social policy ⓘ workfare reforms ⓘ zero-tolerance policing ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
United States penal policy
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linked to:
United States criminal justice system
law-and-order politics ⓘ prison expansion ⓘ welfare state transformation ⓘ workfare policies ⓘ |
| genre |
critical criminology
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political sociology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
critical criminology scholarship
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studies of mass incarceration ⓘ urban sociology ⓘ welfare state research ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics
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graduate students ⓘ policy researchers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
mass incarceration
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neoliberalism ⓘ poverty management ⓘ punitive welfare policies ⓘ social marginality ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
advanced marginality
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carceral state ⓘ neoliberal penality ⓘ penal state ⓘ welfare state retrenchment ⓘ workfare ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Loïc Wacquant ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Bourdieuian sociology
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neoliberalism critique ⓘ |
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