{"product_id":"politics-of-hbos-the-wire","title":"Politics of HBO's The Wire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis innovative new work suggests that \u003ci\u003eThe Wire \u003c\/i\u003ereflects, not simply a cultural take on contemporary America, but a structural critique of the conditions of late-modernity and global capitalism. As such, it is a visual text worth investigating and exploring for its nuanced examination of power, difference and inequality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeylami \u0026amp; Havercroft bring together nine essays addressing issues of interest to a range of academic fields in order to engage with this important cultural intervention that has transfixed audiences and sparked debate within the social scientific community. While the TV show is primarily focused upon the urban politics of Baltimore, the contributors to this volume read Baltimore as a global city. That is, they argue that the relations between race, class, power, and violence that the series examines only make sense if we understand that inner city Baltimore is a node in a larger global network of violence and economic inequality. The book is divided into three interrelated sections focusing on systemic and cultural violence, the rise and decline of national and state formations, and the dysfunctional and destructive forces of global capitalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the series the relation of the urban to the global is constantly being explored. This innovative new volume explains clearly how \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e portrays this interaction, and what this representation can show social scientists interested in race, neo-liberal processes of globalization, criminality, gender, violence and surveillance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257652695384,"sku":"9780415791168","price":51.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415791168.jpg?v=1769075117","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/politics-of-hbos-the-wire","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}