Governmentality
Subtitle: Power and rule in modern society
By: Mitchell Dean.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Foucault, Michel.; Foucault, Michel.; Power (Social sciences); Authority.; Social structure.; State, The.; Structure sociale.; Pouvoir (sciences sociales).
Description: Governmentality draws on Foucault's work along with wider analytical frameworks to reclaim centre stage for this sociological concept. The author argues for a new understanding of how the individual is related to the state and vice versa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-222) and index.