Social Control and Political Order: European Perspectives at the End of the Century - Softcover

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Roberto Bergalli is Professor of Law at the University of Barcelona. He has published widely on the sociology of law, and has been the Scientific Director of the O[ti]nati International Institute of the Sociology of Law.

Colin Sumner is Professor of Law at the University of East London, and his publications include: Reading Ideologies; Censure, Politics and Criminal Justice and The Sociology of Deviance.

CONTRIBUTORS

Henner Hess Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitat Frankfurt

Dario Melossi University of Bologna

Massimo Pavarini University of Bologna

Sebastian Scheerer University of Hamburg

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This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding the concept of social control, and indicates its significance for the new political orders developing in contemporary Europe.

The contributors debate the issues relating to the future of social control from a range of perspectives. They outline its history and politics in both the Anglo-American sociology and the Hispanic world; they discuss the weaknesses of the concept, and assess its relevance for contemporary Europe.