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Risk, uncertainty and government /
"Both risk and uncertainly 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' specula...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
GlassHouse,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Both risk and uncertainly 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 also discussed." "This governance of the future has a past, which is equally the concern of this book. It looks at the way these same techniques were historically forged out of moral and social beliefs about how to govern properly. Also analysed is how, during this process, ideas such as 'contract' and distinctions between insurance and gambling were invented to order to 'properly' govern the risky and uncertain future."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (iv, 211 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135311803 1135311803 1282376411 9781282376410 1283604507 9781283604505 9786612376412 6612376414 9786613916952 6613916951 1843146029 9781843146025 |