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New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State

Posted By: arundhati
Date: 31 May 2024 02:12:31
New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State

Anthony Gregory, "New Deal Law and Order: How the War on Crime Built the Modern Liberal State"
English | ISBN: 0674290305 | 2024 | 512 pages | EPUB, PDF | 6 MB + 41 MB

A historian traces the origins of the modern law-and-order state to a surprising source: the liberal policies of the New Deal.

Most Americans remember the New Deal as the crucible of modern liberalism. But while it is most closely associated with Roosevelt’s efforts to end the Depression and provide social security for the elderly, we have failed to acknowledge one of its most enduring legacies: its war on crime. Crime policy, Anthony Gregory argues, was a defining feature of the New Deal. Tough-on-crime policies provided both the philosophical underpinnings and the institutional legitimacy necessary to remake the American state.

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