The bourgeois state and prison: some considerations about the functionality of the imprisonment in the capitalist system

Authors

  • Dione Lolis Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Leonardo Moraes da Silva Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-4842.2017v20n1p197

Keywords:

State, Prison, Capitalism, Relative overpopulation, Workforce

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the functionality of prison in the capitalist system of production. It makes a theoretical discussion, based on authors who analyze the essence of the state and prison, the bourgeois state and the imprisonment in capitalism. Part of the conception that prison is one of the material elements that constitute the force of the bourgeois state and, consequently, plays a fundamental role in class domination and exploitation. It notes that, like the bourgeois state itself, the functions of imprisonment are determined according to the stages of capitalist development, evidencing the fact that this institution presents itself as an important state instrument in the sphere of labor force regulation, especially in the terrain on which Marx called relative overpopulation.

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Author Biographies

Dione Lolis, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Social Worker. Master in Social Work (PUC / SP). PhD in Sociology (Unesp / FCLAR). Lecturer at the Social Service Course at the Universidade Estadual de Londrina.

Leonardo Moraes da Silva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Social Worker. Master in Social Work and Social Policy from the Universidade Estadual de Londrina - UEL.

Published

2018-03-29

How to Cite

LOLIS, D.; MORAES DA SILVA, L. The bourgeois state and prison: some considerations about the functionality of the imprisonment in the capitalist system. Serviço Social em Revista, [S. l.], v. 20, n. 1, p. 197–214, 2018. DOI: 10.5433/1679-4842.2017v20n1p197. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/ssrevista/article/view/32178. Acesso em: 12 may. 2024.

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