Risk, Power and the State - After Foucault

Informationen zum Autor Magnus Hörnqvist is based at the Department of Criminology at the Stockholm University. Klappentext Risk, Power and the State: After Foucault addresses how power is exercised in and by contemporary state organisations, through a detailed analysis of programmatic attempts to shape behaviour linked to considerations of risk. Zusammenfassung Risk, Power and the State: After Foucault addresses how power is exercised in and by contemporary state organisations, through a detailed analysis of programmatic attempts to shape behaviour linked to considerations of risk. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Activation Quaranteed: Individualizing the Pressure to Perform. Subjected Freedom: The Productivity of Power. Institutional Order: Guiding Repression through Risk. Generalized Control: Negotiating Contradictory Expectations through Risk. Conclusions

Product details

• Authors: Magnus (Stockholm University Hornqvist, Magnus (Stockholm University Stockholm Hornqvist, Magnus Hörnqvist
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2010
• EAN: 9780415547680
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54768-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government