1. Introduction: government, liberalism and society Mitchell Dean and Barry Hindess
2. Corporatising education Denise Meredyth
3. Ethics in the service of the state J. P. Minson
4. Bad habits or bad conscience? Sexual harassment in the Australian Defence Force Alison Smith
5. Administering asceticism: reworking the ethical life of the unemployed citizen Mitchell Dean
6. Dangerous individuals: government and the concept of personality David McCallum
7. The constitution of AIDS in Australia
Taking government at a distance seriously John Ballard
8. Governing queens: gay communities and the state in contemporary Australia Gary Dowsett
9. Indigenous governance Pat O'Malley
10. Governing material culture Laurajane Smith and Gary Campbell
11. 'The mutable minds of particular men': the emergence of 'economic science' and debates around contemporary economic policy David Burchell
12. Neo-liberalism and the national economy Barry Hindess
13. Interpreting contemporary contractualism Anna Yeatman
14 Uncivil society: Historical and methodological comments on liberal government Ian Hunter.
