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Powers of Freedom offers a compelling new approach to the analysis of political power which extends Foucault's hypotheses on governmentality in new and challenging ways. Nikolas Rose sets out the key characteristics of this approach to political power and analyses the government of conduct in new fields and in new ways. He analyses the role of expertise, the politics of numbers, technologies of economic management and the political uses of space. He illuminates the relation of this approach to contemporary theories of 'risk society' and 'the sociology of governance'. Uniquely, he argues that…mehr

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Powers of Freedom offers a compelling new approach to the analysis of political power which extends Foucault's hypotheses on governmentality in new and challenging ways. Nikolas Rose sets out the key characteristics of this approach to political power and analyses the government of conduct in new fields and in new ways. He analyses the role of expertise, the politics of numbers, technologies of economic management and the political uses of space. He illuminates the relation of this approach to contemporary theories of 'risk society' and 'the sociology of governance'. Uniquely, he argues that freedom is not the opposite of government but one of its key inventions and most significant resources. He also seeks some rapprochement between analyses of government and the concerns of critical sociology, cultural studies and Marxism, to establish a basis for the critique of power and its exercise. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in political theory, sociology, social policy and cultural studies.

Table of contents:
Introduction: reframing political thought; 1. Governing; 2. Freedom; 3. The social; 4. Advanced liberalism; 5. Community; 6. Numbers; 7. Control; Conclusion: beyond government.

An impressive approach to an important and influential school of thought, derived from Foucault's writings on governmentality, by one of its major exponents. Nikolas Rose's book will serve as an intelligent and critical introduction to governmentality for students and scholars alike.

Review of governmentality literature, derived from Foucault, which breaks new ground in ethics and politics.