Overview

This book discusses Stuart Hall's unique contribution to criminology. It suggests that this is captured best in Hall’s commitment to understanding a given historical moment, or conjuncture, in its full complexity, and his continuous deployment of an appropriate methodology, conjunctural analysis, to do so. This provides a running thread linking Hall’s early work on youth subcultures, the media, the state and hegemony to his later work on racial identities, racism and the politics of difference. This is contrasted with more theoretically-driven work in cultural criminology. Its failure to adopt a conjunctural approach constitutes, for the author, something of a missed moment. To demonstrate the continuing relevance of this form of analysis, the book provides a conjunctural analysis of Brexit, including its psychosocial dimension and concludes with a brief analysis of Trump’s failure to get re-elected. The book is intended for students of criminology and cultural studies.

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Author:   Tony Jefferson
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9783030747305

ISBN 10:   3030747301
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   01 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview.- PART I: Stuart Hall and conjunctural analysis.- Chapter 2: Conjunctural analysis part one: from early political writings to Resistance through Rituals.- Chapter 3: Conjunctural analysis part two: the case of Policing the Crisis.- PART II: Cultural criminology, Theorising and Stuart Hall.- Chapter 4: Cultural criminology part one: the problems with a theory-driven methodology.- Chapter 5: Cultural criminology part two: ethnography, carnival and the need for critique.- Chapter 6: Hall's theorising: the importance of a principled eclecticism.- PART III: Conjunctural Analysis Today: Brexit, Trump and the Politics of Difference.- Chapter 7: Race, immigration and the politics of difference.- Chapter 8: The Brexit conjuncture part one: the referendum result and how we got to 9/11.- Chapter 9: The Brexit conjuncture part two: from 9/11 to the 2016 Referendum.- Chapter 10: Conclusion: from Policing the Crisis to Trump, and beyond.- PART IV: CODA.- Chapter 11: Hall, psychoanalysis and the problem of populist anger.

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Tony Jefferson is Emeritus Professor in Criminology at Keele University, UK. He worked with Stuart Hall and others to produce Resistance through Rituals (1976/2006) and Policing the Crisis (1978/2013).

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