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200 10$aRisk, uncertainty, and government$b[electronic resource] /$fPat O'Malley
210   $aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. $cGlassHouse$d2004
215   $a1 online resource (212 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-138-13554-2 
311   $a1-904385-00-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.
327   $aFront 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; Index
330   $aBoth 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 soci
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606   $aRisk management$xGovernment policy
606   $aUncertainty$xGovernment policy
606   $aPolitical science
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615  0$aRisk management$xGovernment policy.
615  0$aUncertainty$xGovernment policy.
615  0$aPolitical science.
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