Marie Gottschalk - Dissent Magazine

Raze the Carceral State

Marie Gottschalk ▪ Fall 2015

We need to resist the belief that the only way to end mass incarceration is to tackle the root causes of crime.

With a counter-argument by Michael Javen Fortner.

The World’s Warden: Crime, Punishment, and Politics in the United States

Marie Gottschalk ▪ Fall 1984

Throughout American history, politicians and public officials have exploited public anxieties about crime and disorder for political gain. The difference today is that these political strategies and public anxieties have come together in the perfect storm. They have radically transformed …

“Show Me the Money”: Labor and the Bottom Line of National Health Insurance

Marie Gottschalk ▪ Fall 1984

A well-known political scientist once declared that the definition of the alternatives is the supreme instrument of power. The simple question—single-payer or not—conceals major differences over whether to frame the health care issue primarily as an economic question or a …