▪ Abstract This review surveys the development of Michel Foucault's analysis political power in terms governmentality and outlines its key characteristics. It examines spread this perspective, focusing particular on how genealogical approach to conduct each all has been taken up developed English-speaking world. evaluates some criticisms that have made analytics argues for continuing productivity creativity these ways analyzing emergence, nature, consequences arts government.

Abstract This paper addresses the development of post-disciplinary 'actuarial' or risk-based technologies power. Arguing against models which focus on icreased efficiency as an evolutionary criterion for emerging power, it suggests that such technologies' place and form are largely dtermined by nature fortunes political programs with they aligned. Thus rise neo-conservatism related have extensively modified curtailed based risk models, expanded those punishment discipline. The examines...

Abstract The growth of the governmentality literature represents a significant development in current social theory. However, certain prominent and interlinked tendencies, which are associated with place politics as subject object theoretical work, queried. Most especially concerns with: rejection critique part work theory; rendering government programmes univocal overly coherent systematic; focus on “mentalities rule” to virtual exclusion understanding relations. paper explores some these...

Criminologists have recognized that contemporary penal policy and practice are characterized by an unusual degree of incoherence volatility. Garland (1996) sees this as evidence the limits sovereign state, Simon (1995) a sign postmodern disintegration modern penality, while others explain it in terms emergence advanced liberalism neo-liberal politics. This article argues such is better understood contradictory elements New Right The nature political alliance extends repertory penality...

Abstract While resilience has been recognized as a new strand in the government of security, little attention is paid its associated subjectivities and technologies self. One key sites for such development military. A principal attribute traditional military subjects fortitude, an assemblage moral strength, will-power courage deeply inscribed soul. In military, fortitude now seen only conditional value to latest configuration 'liberal way war'. Instead, centred appropriate 'warriors',...

The article explores the ways in which discourses of pleasure are deployed strategically official commentaries on drug and alcohol consumption. Pleasure as a warrantable motive for, or descriptor of, consumption appears to be silenced more that problematic for liberal government. Tracing examples this from 18th century present, it is argued ‘pleasure’ linked reason freedom, so both without (for example ‘bestial’) unfree ‘compulsive’), thus not ‘pleasant’. In turn, changes articulation...

Uncertainty has been largely overlooked in the governmentality literature dealing with risk, especially because of contemporary emphases on models statistical or actuarial risk calculation. Yet it represents a distinctive way governing through future, whose place formation rationalities neo-liberalism, and 'enterprising subjects', is vital. Indeed, domains enterprising activity, governmental modality uncertainty marginalizes subordinates expert management. In part this enterprise's...

Abstract The governmentality literature's focus on mentalities of rule, and its aversion to sociological analysis, tends produce a programmatic vision governance. From this perspective, politics appears primarily as mentality resistance negative – source programme failure. This paper explores aspects Australian policies self-determination for Aboriginal peoples, in order examine ways which (in the form indigenous governance) plays constitutive role formation rule. Government articulate,...

Decreasing state sponsorship for terrorism in the post-9/11 environment has pressed terrorist groups to find alternative sources of financial support. Some have created their own "in-house" criminal capabilities, example FARC, LTTE, and Al Qaeda. Several analysts argued that this "mutation" organizational form may lead ally with organized crime, whereas others suggested distinct ideological differences between two will preclude cooperation. Drawing on both accounts, it is article degree a...

Risk has not been regarded positively in most social theory and critical criminology, especially the light of Beck's `risk society' thesis. This paper argues that such criticism is misplaced. an extremely variable governmental technology, many targets are shaped by contemporary political environment. The same environment given a similar negative cast to other approaches security. There ways deploying risk, as drug harm minimization strategies, offer considerable promise for linking risk...

As part of the global Smart Cities movement, Switching on Darwin programme foregrounds digitally enhanced government and urbanism. While promoting its environmental democratizing potential, software-enhanced CCTV, LED lighting geofencing were among first components rolled out. In practice, these technologies will impact adversely Aboriginal people, already disproportionately targeted by criminal justice processes. By integrating multiple ‘smart’ with ‘public safety’ agendas, such City...

Conventional debates over risk in criminal justice (and more generally) tend to fall into several traps. These include the assumption that diverse configurations of can be collapsed a single category, contrasted en bloc with other approaches government. However, by attending diversity forms we begin develop certain principles could put forward as tools for thinking about promise and limitations ways governing risk. Through contrasting actuarial number risk-centred government, such relevant...

Given their central place as a sanction in criminal justice, the virtual absence of theoretical literature on fines is serious deficit. The article reviews principal contributions to date, and argues that they suffer from misleading conviction sanctions are driven by production relations. To begin with, this seriously underestimates impact penal discourses practice, which can better account for variations rise, uneven distribution recent decline fines' dominance punishment. Equally important...

The closing years of the 20th century saw circulation many theories proposing that criminal justice and penality are undergoing radical transformation. paper reviews current status three these, concerned with “postmodern penality”, “death social”, “risk society”. While each can be linked recognisable important changes, in general they have exaggerated universality impact transformations concerned. In part this is because adopt frameworks analysis minimise role relational politics, thus...

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Journal Article Reinventing Prevention: Why Did 'Crime Prevention' Develop So Late? Get access Pat O'Malley, O'Malley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Steven Hutchinson * *Pat Faculty of Law, University Sydney, 173–175 Pitt Street, NSW 2000. Australia; pat_omalley@carleton.ca. is at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, and can be reached shutchi2@connect.carleton.ca. The British Criminology, Volume 47, Issue 3, May 2007, Pages 373–389,...

In the criminal justice arena, convergence of analyses `actuarial justice' and `risk society' thesis, has led many to assume that we will experience a global shift towards risk-based models are statistical, repressive incapacitating. It is argued in this article even where focus on national jurisdictions sharing risk frameworks adoption neo-liberal politics, there little evidence actuarial been successfully exported from USA. By examining recent developments Australia, it shown local...