The banality of state violence: Institutional neglect in austere local authorities

IF 2.3 2区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Critical Social Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-21 DOI:10.1177/02610183221104976

E. Kiely, Rosalie Warnock

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Theorisations of state violence under austerity have been criticised for their imprecision. In response, this article introduces the concept of institutional neglect: a specific modality of structural violence. We argue that institutional neglect occurs when state services deny care to eligible clients. This is a normative claim which locates an obligation to care in the body of the state. Through case studies of two local authority-run care services in the UK, we identify three banal, quotidian techniques of neglect: delay, deferral, and diversion. We emphasise that care is not necessarily an antidote to violence; instead, care and violence are increasingly entangled within state bureaucracies under austerity.

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平庸的国家暴力：严厉的地方当局对制度的忽视

紧缩政策下的国家暴力理论化因其不精确而受到批评。作为回应，本文引入了制度性忽视的概念:结构性暴力的一种特定形态。我们认为，当国家服务机构拒绝为符合条件的客户提供护理时，就会发生机构忽视。这是一种规范性的主张，它将关怀的义务置于国家主体之中。通过对英国两个地方政府运营的护理服务的案例研究，我们确定了三种平庸的、日常的忽视技术:延迟、延迟和转移。我们强调，护理不一定是暴力的解药;相反，在紧缩政策下，关怀和暴力在国家官僚机构中日益纠缠在一起。

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4.70

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8.70%

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期刊介绍： Critical Social Policy provides a forum for advocacy, analysis and debate on social policy issues. We publish critical perspectives which: ·acknowledge and reflect upon differences in political, economic, social and cultural power and upon the diversity of cultures and movements shaping social policy; ·re-think conventional approaches to securing rights, meeting needs and challenging inequalities and injustices; ·include perspectives, analyses and concerns of people and groups whose voices are unheard or underrepresented in policy-making; ·reflect lived experiences of users of existing benefits and services;