UID:
almafu_9959228655802883
Format:
1 online resource (212 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-37641-1
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1-283-60450-7
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9786612376412
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9786613916952
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1-135-31180-3
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1-84314-602-9
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-13554-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-904385-00-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
