Governing Australia

Studies in Contemporary Rationalities of Government

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Hardcover | 22 June 1998

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Inspired by Foucault's discussion of governmentality, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of government. The book is interdisciplinary in approach, and combines theoretical discussion with empirical focus. It includes a substantial introduction by the editors, and contains work critiquing the central notion of governmentality. A range of topics are discussed, including regulation of the unemployed and people with HIV/AIDS, sexual harassment in the military, the corporatisation of education, new contractualism and governing personality. While their topics are varied, the contributors explore a range of shared concerns, including notions of problematisation, expert knowledge, rationality, freedom and autonomy, giving the volume focus and rigour. This book will be essential reading in political science, sociology, law, philosophy, education and economics.

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' ... the book has much to commend it ... it is effective in providing a credible alternative critique of neoliberalism.' Michael Di Francesco, University of Sydney

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Political Science & Theory Political Structure & Processes Constitution & The Government & The State Biographies & True Stories Biographies Historical, Political and Military Biographies

Introduction: government, liberalism and society
Corporatising education
Ethics in the service of the state
Bad habits or bad conscience? Sexual harassment in the Australian Defence Force
Administering asceticism: reworking the ethical life of the unemployed citizen
Dangerous individuals: government and the concept of personality
The constitution of AIDS in Australia; Taking government at a distance seriously
Governing queens: gay communities and the state in contemporary Australia
Indigenous governance
Governing material culture
'The mutable minds of particular men': the emergence of 'economic science' and debates around contemporary economic policy
Neo-liberalism and the national economy
Interpreting contemporary contractualism
Uncivil society: Historical and methodological comments on liberal government
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Governing Australia

Studies in Contemporary Rationalities of Government

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