New Ghosts, Old Ghosts: Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China (Socialism and Social Movements)

"This careful, sober study might well induce human rights activists to turn their attention away from the size of China's prison population to what the authors describe as the more fundamental concerns: 'the substantial number of prisoners who do not belong there and the harshness of the conditions in the less well-managed institutions.' In reaching that overall conclusion, 'New Ghosts, Old Ghosts' clears away both the pro-Chinese apologies and the anti-Chinese hysteria that has often surrounded this question, providing instead the most objective and dispassionate evaluation of the real situation that we are likely to have."Richard Anderson is the author of 'New Ghosts, Old Ghosts: Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China (Socialism and Social Movements)' with ISBN 9780765600974 and ISBN 0765600978.