03133nam 2200721 a 450 991082440140332120240410062132.01-282-37641-11-283-60450-7978661237641297866139169521-135-31180-31-84314-602-9(CKB)1000000000409028(EBL)219933(OCoLC)811492483(SSID)ssj0000385281(PQKBManifestationID)11245189(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000385281(PQKBWorkID)10345033(PQKB)10035316(MiAaPQ)EBC219933(MiAaPQ)EBC5292926(Au-PeEL)EBL219933(CaPaEBR)ebr10398778(CaONFJC)MIL391695(Au-PeEL)EBL5292926(CaONFJC)MIL237641(OCoLC)671800419(EXLCZ)99100000000040902820050711d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRisk, uncertainty, and government /Pat O'Malley1st ed.London ;Portland, Or. GlassHouse20041 online resource (212 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-13554-2 1-904385-00-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.Front Cover; Risk, Uncertainty and Government; CopyrightPage; Acknowledgments; Contents; 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; Bibliography; IndexBoth risk and uncertainty 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 and through the uncertain practices of 'reasonable foresight' is discussed, and O Malley looks at the way these same techniques were historically forged out of moral and sociRisk assessmentGovernment policyRisk managementGovernment policyUncertaintyGovernment policyPolitical scienceRisk assessmentGovernment policy.Risk managementGovernment policy.UncertaintyGovernment policy.Political science.361.1O'Malley Pat1722203MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824401403321Risk, uncertainty, and government4122383UNINA