Remaking Big Government Immigration and Crime Control in the United States

Politicians and pundits frequently attack big government, calling it bloated, coddling, and inefficient. Former President Bill Clinton declared that "the era of big government is dead" and campaigned on "reinventing government," President George W. Bush suggested that "too m...

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Published inGlobal Lockdown pp. 109 - 126
Main Authors Bohrman, Rebecca, Murakawa, Naomi
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 2005
Edition1
Subjects
Crime Control
DEA
Young Man
Personal Responsibility Act
Southwestern Border
Prison Industrial Complex
Drug Felon
In Agent
LISA
Disciplinary State
Crime Control Policy
USA Patriot Act
Welfare Reform
Undocumented Immigrants
White Man's Laws
Menstrual Napkin
DEA Agent
Global Lockdown
Drug Felony Convictions
Drug Felony
Immigration Provisions
Welfare State Retrenchment
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Summary:Politicians and pundits frequently attack big government, calling it bloated, coddling, and inefficient. Former President Bill Clinton declared that "the era of big government is dead" and campaigned on "reinventing government," President George W. Bush suggested that "too much government crowds out initiative," and presidential candidate John Kerry endorsed "smaller and smarter government." We argue that big government is still alive, "reinvented" in the form of expensive and interventionist immigration and crime control. Focusing on U.S. social policy from Lyndon Johnson's Great Society to George W. Bush's Homeland Security, we trace the growth of immigration and crime control in the context of welfare state retrenchment, paying particular attention to how gender, race, and nationality shape policy changes.
ISBN:0415950562
9780415950565
0415950570
9780415950572
DOI:10.4324/9781315810812-11