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Risk, uncertainty, and government / / Pat O'Malley



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Autore: O'Malley Pat Visualizza persona
Titolo: Risk, uncertainty, and government / / Pat O'Malley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, Or., : GlassHouse, 2004
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
Disciplina: 361.1
Soggetto topico: Risk assessment - Government policy
Risk management - Government policy
Uncertainty - Government policy
Political science
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Both 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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ISBN: 1-282-37641-1
1-283-60450-7
9786612376412
9786613916952
1-135-31180-3
1-84314-602-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910824401403321
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