Limits to Liberal Government: An Alternative History of Governmentality
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Limits to Liberal Government : An Alternative History of Governmentality. / Esmark, Anders.
In: Administration & Society, Vol. 50, No. 2, 02.2018, p. 240-268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Limits to Liberal Government
T2 - An Alternative History of Governmentality
AU - Esmark, Anders
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - In contrast to the widely voiced notion about a current neoliberal hegemony, the article seeks to demonstrate that the distinctly liberal form of governmental rationality and practice is neither neoliberal, at least not in the conventional sense of the word, nor hegemonic. Rather than a minimal government pursuing laissez-faire politics, liberal government is an ‘omnipresent’ form of government aiming to widen and deepen a particular regulatory game of freedom and security. Important as this form of omnipresent government may currently be, however, it is also limited by the persistence and pervasiveness of the key historical alternatives to liberal government: domination, democracy, and discipline.
AB - In contrast to the widely voiced notion about a current neoliberal hegemony, the article seeks to demonstrate that the distinctly liberal form of governmental rationality and practice is neither neoliberal, at least not in the conventional sense of the word, nor hegemonic. Rather than a minimal government pursuing laissez-faire politics, liberal government is an ‘omnipresent’ form of government aiming to widen and deepen a particular regulatory game of freedom and security. Important as this form of omnipresent government may currently be, however, it is also limited by the persistence and pervasiveness of the key historical alternatives to liberal government: domination, democracy, and discipline.
KW - liberalism
KW - governmentality
KW - governance
KW - regimes
U2 - 10.1177/0095399715587521
DO - 10.1177/0095399715587521
M3 - Journal article
VL - 50
SP - 240
EP - 268
JO - Administration & Society
JF - Administration & Society
SN - 0095-3997
IS - 2
ER -
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