Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Transportation Act of 1718, Punishment and State Formation

970418埃里克森这篇论文的研究改进项目是关于惩罚与现代国家发展关系的个案研究。它以1718年《运输法》为起点，授权议会将罪犯流放到美国殖民地，作为英国政府巩固国家权力的关键尝试。这个项目没有关注国家发动战争或监禁罪犯的强制能力，而是将交通置于国家中心的框架中，以探索为什么、何时以及如何形成这一特定的刑事政策。这项研究考察了国家在历史背景下实现其目标的能力，考虑到不同社会群体和阶级的相互竞争的需求以及国家与公众之间的关系。数据收集将在伦敦和萨里郡的国家和地方档案馆进行。将对国家文件进行分析，以调查导致实施运输的决策过程，并将利用地方法院记录重建围绕运输罪犯的司法裁决的社会条件。除了从州政府和法院文件中收集的信息外，该项目还将使用媒体账户来审查全球州际体系中英国政府与其民众之间的关系。****

970418 Erikson This Dissertation Research Improvement project is a case study of the relationship between punishment and the development of the modern state. It takes as a starting point the 1718 Transportation Act, which empowered Parliament to banish criminals to the American colonies, as a critical attempt by the English government to consolidate state power. Rather than focusing on the coercive capacity of the state for waging war or imprisoning offenders, this project situates transportation in a state-centered framework to explore why, when, and how this specific penal policy was formed. This study examines the ability of the state to realize its goals in an historical context, given the competing demands of different social groups and classes and the relations between the state and its publics. Data collection will be done in London and Surrey national and local archives. State documents will be analyzed to investigate the decision-making process leading to the implementation of transportation, and local court records will be used to reconstruct the social conditions surrounding judicial decisions to transport offenders. In addition information gathered from state and court documents, this project will also use media accounts to examine the relations between the English state and its populace within the global-interstate system. ****