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Twelve Cameras, cops and contracts: what anti-social behaviour management feels like to young people
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Introduction Introduction
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The problem The problem
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Panics past and present Panics past and present
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The problem of the elite The problem of the elite
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Respect what? Respect what?
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Talk to the hand Talk to the hand
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The ‘therapeutic me’ The ‘therapeutic me’
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Disconnected Disconnected
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Asocial politics Asocial politics
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‘Self’-respect ‘Self’-respect
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Encouraging impotence Encouraging impotence
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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Nineteen Asocial not anti-social: the ‘Respect Agenda’ and the ‘therapeutic me’
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Published:June 2008
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Abstract
The promotion of respect in society, like the concern about anti-social behaviour, engages with issues that on the one hand are relatively small or insignificant — dropping litter or not saying ‘thank you’, for example. The ‘ASBO (Anti-Social Behaviour Order) agenda’ in the United Kingdom has been criticised for its authoritarian dynamic — especially by those on the left. However, even for critics there appears to be an uncertainty about the nature of behaviour today and a certain sense that there are some real problems to be addressed. Some, for example, believe that we are living in a ‘culture of greed’ — a belief that raises questions not only about capitalism and consumerism, but also about the very nature of relationships between people — indeed about the nature of people themselves. This chapter argues that there are some new problems to address today, but that the problem we face is ultimately not one of an anti-social society but of an asocial society. It looks at Tony Blair's ‘Respect Agenda’ and the politics of behaviour, along with the so-called therapeutic me.
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