Ebook: Risk, uncertainty and government
Author: Pat O'Malley
- Series: Glasshouse
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: GlassHouse
- City: London
- Language: English
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"Both risk and uncertainly are neo-liberal concepts, which can be viewed as complementary techniques for governing diverse aspects of life, rather than natural states of things. This new book examines the way these constructs govern the production of wealth through 'uncertain' speculation and 'calculable' investment formulae. The way in which risk and uncertainty govern the minimisation of harms through insurance Read more...
Content: 1. Risk, uncertainty and government --
2. From independence to social security --
3. Enterprising liberalism --
4. Uncertainty, liberalism and contract --
5. Risky contracts : gambling, speculation and insurance --
6. Insurance, actuarialism and thrift --
7. Risk, crime control and criminal justice --
8. Risking drug use --
9. Risk, uncertainty and freedom. Risk, uncertainty and government --
From independence to social security --
Enterprising liberalism --
Uncertainty, liberalism and contract --
Risky contracts : gambling, speculation and insurance --
Insurance, actuarialism and thrift --
Risk, crime control and criminal justice --
Risking drug use --
Risk, uncertainty and freedom.
Abstract:
Pat O'Malley, commentator on risk and government, provides his overview of the historical and contemporary neo-liberal interplay of risk and uncertainty, including an account of the changing role of Read more...
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