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Powers of Freedom

Reframing Political Thought

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Published: 13th May 1999
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Powers of Freedom, first published in 1999, offers a compelling approach to the analysis of political power which extends Foucault's hypotheses on governmentality in challenging ways. Nikolas Rose sets out the key characteristics of this approach to political power and analyses the government of conduct. 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'. 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.

'... well researched and rewarding. It can also serve as a good summary of the field.' Byron Kaldis, University of Athens

Introduction: reframing political thought
Governing
Freedom
The social
Advanced liberalism
Community
Numbers
Control
Conclusion: beyond government
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ISBN: 9780521659055
ISBN-10: 0521659051
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 334
Published: 13th May 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions (cm): 23.0 x 15.4  x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.549