Progressive Justice in an Age of Repression

<p><em>Progressive Justice in an Age of Repression</em> provides a much-needed engagement with questions of justice and reform within the current phase of global capitalism one that is marked not only by significant social inequality but also political bifurcation. It offers guidance on progressive strategies for resistance.</p><p>It also extends criminological analysis by situating these contemporary challenges as globalized and inextricably linked to questions of political economy law and society. Bringing together an international selection of scholars this book draws on a range of issues such as immigration street crime and the renewed push for law and order violence against women environmental injustice assaults on health care and social services and the unleashing of private corporate exploitation of natural resources. It is a clarion for strategic thinking a call for action fuelled by informed analysis and a reimagining of the progressive society that is under attack by Trumpism populism and a rising right. </p><p>This is an important read for those who teach and study criminology deviance and social control social problems legal studies political science and policy studies. It is also a useful resource for practitioners community-based activists and policy makers seeking new ways of thinking critically about crime law and social control.</p>