On Property - Policing, Prisons, and the Call for Abolition (Paperback)

Nominated for the Heritage Toronto Book Award * Longlisted for the Toronto Book Awards * A Globe and Mail Book of the Year * A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021 From plantation rebellion to prison labour's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property. That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with fake money says something damning about the way we've organized society. Yet the intensity of the calls to abolish the police after George Floyd's death surprised almost everyone. What, exactly, does abolition mean? How did we get here? And what does property have to do with it? In On Property, Rinaldo Walcott explores the long shadow cast by slavery's afterlife and shows how present-day abolitionists continue the work of their forebears in service of an imaginative, creative philosophy that ensures freedom and equality for all. Thoughtful, wide-ranging, compassionate, and profound, On Property makes an urgent plea for a new ethics of care.

General

Imprint:	Biblioasis
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Field Notes
Release date:	May 2021
Authors:	Rinaldo Walcott
Dimensions:	190 x 114 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	109
ISBN-13:	978-1-77196-407-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Private, property, family law > Property, real estate, land & tenancy law Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Promotions
LSN:	1-77196-407-3
Barcode:	9781771964074

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