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Summer 2016 – The racial dynamics of neoliberalism: free markets and mass incarceration in contemporary America

Affiliations:
Project Leader: Patrick Anderson
anderspa@tamu.edu
Philosophy
Faculty Mentor: Tommy J. Curry, Ph.D.
Meeting Times:
Summer 2016 (complete)
Team Size:
5 (Team Full)
Open Spots: 0
Special Opportunities:
This project aims to help undergraduates produce independent or group projects that result in either conference presentations or publications. The specifics of these opportunities will be worked out once the team is assembled and each member has stated their personal goals.
Team Needs:
Summer 1 Enrollment Required. Experience in history, sociology, political science, philosophy, economics, or legal studies would be helpful, but any self-motivated student interested in the project is welcome to apply.
Description:
This project will pursue an interdisciplinary investigation into the simultaneous rise of neoliberal economic theory and mass incarceration in 1970s America. Drawing on history, sociology, philosophy, legal studies, economics, and political science, we will seek to provide an explanation for the connections between the War on Drugs, the prison-industrial complex, deindustrialization, deregulation, economic stratification, and demographic concerns (race and gender). Students will receive training in research methods, textual analysis, argument synthesis, academic writing, and interdisciplinarity. Unlike most Liberal Arts research into the nature of neoliberalism (Marxism and poststructuralism), this project will take a racial realist approach to these questions; however, if a student decides to pursue an individual project, they are free to use any method they prefer.

Written by:
Jennie Lamb
Published on:
February 2, 2020

Categories: FullTags: Summer 2016

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