Overview

This book offers the first ethnographic account of prison managers in England. It explores how globalised changes, in particular managerialism, have intersected with local occupational cultures, positioning managers as micro-agents in the relationship between the global and local that characterises late modernity.  The Working Lives of Prison Managers addresses key aspects of prison management, including how individuals become prison managers, their engagement with elements of traditional occupational culture, and the impact of the 'age of austerity'. It offers a particular focus on performance monitoring mechanisms such as indicators, audits and inspections, and how these intersect with local culture and individual identity. The book also examinesimportant aspects of individual agency, including values, discretion, resistance and the use of power. It also reveals the 'hidden injuries' of contemporary prison managerialism, especially the distinctive effects experienced by women and members of minority ethnic groups.

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Author:   Jamie Bennett
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781137498946

ISBN 10:   1137498943
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   29 October 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. A New Approach to Understanding Prison Managers.- Chapter 3. ""...It Just Happened"": Becoming a Prison Manager.- Chapter 4. ""I Wouldn't Ask You To Do Something I Wouldn't Do Myself"": Prison Managers and Prison Office Culture.- Chapter 5. ""Our Core Business"": Prison Managers, Hard Performance Monitoring and Managerialism.- Chapter 6. ""...They've Got an Axe to Grind"": Prison Managers, Soft Performance Monitoring and Managerialism.- Chapter 7. ""We Haven't Quite Been Turned Into Robots Yet"": The Role of Individuality and Subjectivity in Prison Management.- Chapter 8. The Hidden Injuries of Prison Management.- Chapter 9. Prison Managerialism and Beyond.- Afterword. ""It's a New Way, But... What Have They Lost?"": Prison Managerialism in an Age of Austerity."

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Jamie Bennett has been a prison manager since 1996 and is currently Governor of HMP Grendon and Springhill, UK. He is also a Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK, and has edited the Prison Service Journal since 2004. He has written widely on prisons and was awarded a PhD at the University of Edinburgh, UK. 

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