Foucault is often thought to have a great deal to say about the history of madness and sexuality, but little in terms of a general analysis of government and the state.; This volume draws on Foucault's own research to challenge this view, demonstrating the central importance of his work for the study of contemporary politics.; It focuses on liberalism and neo- liberalism, questioning the conceptual opposition of freedom/constraint, state/market and public/private that inform liberal thought.
Introduction, AndrewBarry, ThomasOsborne, NikolasRose;
Chapter 1 Liberal
government and techniques of the self, GrahamBurchell;
Chapter 2 Governing
advanced liberal democracies, NikolasRose;
Chapter 3 Liberalism, socialism
and democracy: variations on a governmental theme, BarryHindess;
Chapter 4
The promise of liberalism and the performance of freedom, VikkiBell;
Chapter
5 Security and vitality: drains, liberalism and power in the nineteenth
century, ThomasOsborne;
Chapter 6 Lines of communication and spaces of rule,
AndrewBarry;
Chapter 7 Assembling the school, IanHunter;
Chapter 8 Governing
the city: liberalism and early modern modes of governance, AlanHunt;
Chapter
9 Risk and responsibility, PatO'Malley;
Chapter 10 Foucault, government and
the enfolding of authority, MitchellDean;
Chapter 11 Revolutions within:
self-government and self-esteem, BarbaraCruikshank;
Chapter 12 Foucault in
Britain, ColinGordon Index;
Andrew Barry, Nikolas Rose