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Market society utopianism in penal politics (2021)
Book Chapter
Corcoran. (2021). Market society utopianism in penal politics. In Privatisation and Marketisation in Criminal Justice (15 - 30). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447346173.002

This chapter examines the utopian intellectual origins of some strands of contemporary free-market ideas and practices from their post-war revival via thinkers such as Friedrich Hayek, whose ideas went on to influence the New Right following the econ... Read More about Market society utopianism in penal politics.

Constructive ambiguity, market imaginaries and the penal voluntary sector in England and Wales. (2021)
Book Chapter
Corcoran. (2021). Constructive ambiguity, market imaginaries and the penal voluntary sector in England and Wales. In Privatisation and Marketisation in Criminal Justice (187 - 202). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447346173.013

This chapter draws on the findings of a major research project on voluntary sector adaptation and resilience in the face of the mixed market in penal services that has emerged during a period of austerity and deep disruption to the social economy. Ba... Read More about Constructive ambiguity, market imaginaries and the penal voluntary sector in England and Wales..