Governing Australia: Studies in Contemporary Rationalities of GovernmentMitchell Dean, Barry Hindess 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. |
Contents
Introduction Government Liberalism Society | 1 |
Corporatising Education | 20 |
Ethics in the Service of the State | 47 |
Bad Habits or Bad Conscience? Sexual Harassment in the Australian Defence Force | 70 |
Administering Asceticism Reworking the Ethical Life of the Unemployed Citizen | 87 |
Dangerous Individuals Government and the Concept of Personality | 108 |
The Constitution of AIDS in Australia Taking Government at a Distance Seriously | 125 |
Governing Queens Gay Communities and the State in Contemporary Australia | 139 |
9 Indigenous Governance | 156 |
Governing Material Culture | 173 |
The Mutable Minds of Particular Men The Emergence of Economic Science and Contemporary Economic Policy | 194 |
NeoLiberalism and the National Economy | 210 |
Interpreting Contemporary Contractualism | 227 |
Uncivil Society Liberal Government and the Deconfessionalisation of Politics | 242 |
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