Screen LibraryThe Last Empires : Governing Ourselves, Our Nations, and Our World /
This book is a forthright and novel examination of efforts to improve national and global governance over the last forty years. Much has changed since Michel Foucault considered, and rejected, economics and neoliberalism as a potential mechanism for individuals to govern themselves and their nations...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59960-1 |
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This book is a forthright and novel examination of efforts to improve national and global governance over the last forty years. Much has changed since Michel Foucault considered, and rejected, economics and neoliberalism as a potential mechanism for individuals to govern themselves and their nations. Nonetheless, his approach, which focused on the evolution of social development through interaction of many disciplines and biopolitical forces, remains highly relevant. Neoliberalism became a dominant political force from the 1980s to the present. It has failed however to address issues of ineq |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XXXIII,293pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319599601 |
| Index Number: | HB1 |
| CLC: | F114 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1 Introduction: Foucauldian Methodology, Biopolitics, and Neoliberalism -- Chapter 2 The Development of Biopolitics -- Chapter 3 The Historical Roots of Neoliberalism -- Chapter 4 Neoliberal Economics versus Neoliberal Ideology -- Chapter 5 Measuring Social Welfare: GDP is Neither Fair nor Accurate -- Chapter 6 Tackling Inequality and Social Justice -- Chapter 7 Preserving the Environment and Managing the Climate -- Chapter 8 Institutions and Behaviour: New Rules of the Game -- Chapter 9 Modern Philosophy and Social Science at a Junction -- Chapter 10 Some Suggestions on Priorities a |