Governing the Present: Administering Economic, Social and Personal Life

253 Pages·2008·3.28 MB·English

by  Nikolas Rose

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Administering Economic,
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PetMeirl ler
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NikoRloasse
polity
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Contents
Acknowledgements VI
I Introd:Gu ocvteiirnoEngnc onoamniSdcoc iLailef I
2 GoveigrnE nconoLmieif c 26
3 PolticiaPlo webery ondSa tttPehr:eo e bmtlaics
ofG ovemrennt 53
4 TheDe aotfht hSeo ciRae-lfi?g utrhiTener gro irty
ofG ovemrennt 84
5 Mobliigzt ihnCeo nsuAmsseerm:ib gnlt hSeu jbcet
ofC onusmption 141
6 OnT herapAeuuttihitoPcrys :hy ocanalEyxtpiecratli se
undAedrvn aceLdi baelrism 142
7 ProducItdieonantn.iDd te myo cracy 173
8 GoveigrnA ndvanLcierbdaeD le moaccries 199
Biblraiphoyg 219
Index 239
Acknowledgements
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persent.
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int hfeol lwoinsgo cuers:
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1
Introduction
GoverniEncgo nomiacn dS ociLailf e
Whys tu'dgyo vmeetrnanl ?iO tuyr' opwantt hog ovmeernni ttayl began
witash e rideiesvr osbfeul ,to osceonlneyc qteude stHioowan,ns td.ow hat
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lviseo fi dnividiunsa iltases s e drisavest hsec h,ot ohhleo mteh,we o rk­
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psycghio,cls aoolcgiiocloaorel c noomithce .of rorymo thkeonrw lee dg
clmasio,r f ro'mc ommsoesnne? W' hats orotfds e vimcaedse istnue­crh
vetniopnossb slteiow. h aetx tent ddeipdle oixttyshig ein synt rnutmasen,d
tow hat exttehneityne vnwteeWrdhea? t usntdaenrdoiftn hges pteoo ple
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2 Introduction
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fieldr eosfe atrhtcah ha nso wf,o gro oodr iI Ic,o mteo b et ermed
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GovernmeanntdE thics
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