EAN: 9781349844081

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN PRISONS AND PENOLOGY SCAN...

This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal
practices in Scandinavia. The Nordic countries are often hailed by international observers as
'model societies'  with egalitarian welfare policies  low rates of poverty  humane social
policies and human rights oriented internal agendas. This book  however  paints a much more
nuanced picture of the welfare policies  ideologies and social control in strong centralistic
states. Based on extensive new empirical data  leading Nordic and international scholars
discuss the relationship between prison conditions in Scandinavia and Scandinavian social
policy more generally  and argue that it is not always liberating and constructive to be
embraced by a powerful welfare state. This book is essential reading for researchers of state
punishment in Scandinavia  and it is highly relevant for anyone interested in the 'Nordic
Model' of social policy.

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