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Castles of our conscience : social control and the American state, 1800-1985

Castles of our Conscience presents a new and distinctive analysis of the role of the modern state in the shaping of policies of social control. Staples provides a theoretical framework for understanding the mechanisms of state policy-making and capacity. This framework supports an interpretation of the changing nature of institutions of social control in the United States from the beginning in the nineteenth century to the present day. A distinctive feature of the author's approach is his critique of existing theories of the state as well as recent revisionist writing in soci.

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  • "Castles of our Conscience presents a new and distinctive analysis of the role of the modern state in the shaping of policies of social control. Staples provides a theoretical framework for understanding the mechanisms of state policy-making and capacity. This framework supports an interpretation of the changing nature of institutions of social control in the United States from the beginning in the nineteenth century to the present day. A distinctive feature of the author's approach is his critique of existing theories of the state as well as recent revisionist writing in soci."@en

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  • "Castles of our conscience : social control and the American state, 1800-1985"
  • "Castles of our conscience : social control and the American state, 1800-1985"@en
  • "Castles of our Conscience Social Control and the American State 1800 - 1985"
  • "Castles of our conscience : social control and the American State, 1800-1985"
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  • "Castles of our conscience social control and the American state, 1800-1985"
  • "Castles of our Conscience Social Control and the American State 1800-1985"@en