Governmentality

Panopticism and governmentality. The Native Sport and Recreation program existed in Canada from 1972 to 1981. This program was established by Fitness and Amateur…

Thesis Statement: Marx, Weber, and Foucault define the state through the lens of class, violence and power while claiming that the state plays a vital role in organizing society, controlling the population and reproducing its authority. I will argue that the state is a synthesis of these ideas and can be conceptualized through its relationship with the citizens and its exercise of power. Body 1: Marx and his Argument Topic Sentence: Karl Marx conceptualizes the state in relation to class…

to be specific differences between the liberalism of the eighteenth century England and the Neo-liberalism of twentieth century United States insofar as both are modes of governmentality?’ I will analyze the differences between liberalism and neo-liberalism. In addition, I will also explain what is the notion of governmentality and its importance in relation to England and the United States. Lastly, I will give my opinion as to why it is important to understand Foucault and his teachings.…

The introduction chapters set out the book’s purpose to explore issues such as race relations, indigenous struggles, and the black consciousness movement in Brazil that intersect or even reshape the law and its effect on the lives of people that resides on the banks of Sao Francisco River in Mocambo and on Sai Pedro Island. French developed a theoretical model she called legalizing identity. This model is demonstrated in this book through the examples of the Xoco and Mocambo, but it is intended…

Religious nationalism is an evolution of the nationalist movement. It is argued religion provides nationalism with justification, and plausibility in order for it to successfully exist within society. The rise of modernity, and the transformation of pre-modern ideas, lead to the acknowledgement that religion is able to become a tool for nationalism. The progression in responses toward both secular nationalism, and religion resulted in an ideological shift, in which it was discerned religious…

macroeconomic policy including the notion of privatisation and welfare reform agendas, whilst the later concerns itself with the notion of individualism and market competitiveness through technologies influencing the thinking around self and governmentality (Ganti 2014). Additionally the sites and agents of neoliberalism allow us to identify the players, whether structurally or ideologically, that impact on outcomes at both the societal and individual level (Ganti…

which new hierarchal powers form, ultimately arising as a product of attempts to overthrow another regime. As the oppressed challenge their oppressor, internal ideological contradictions reify the root of injustice in the post-revolutionary governmentalities. After all, if the townspeople who derailed the destructive bulldozers maintained control of their land, then those very townspeople would become the hegemonic injustice to uproot in the eyes of the newest disenfranchised community. Chapter…

This Asian youth study has defined the neoliberal objectification of Chinese education through the PRC within the context of a Foucauldian and Marxists analytical perspective. Woronov’s (2004, 2009) analysis of the Chinese educational system defines the overt changes in PRC policies towards a more privatized and neoliberal vision of education for young people in China. In this perspective, Foucault defines the “power” of the government to defined on the conduct of governmental activities that…

experienced in different ways by all women, causing some to be looked down upon more than others. To avoid these stereotypes women often self-regulate their actions to conform to what society thinks they should be. This is known as the theory of governmentality, which is performed in the interest of powerful political and economic structures (Dillon.…

exercised over them. It is the fact of being constantly seen that maintains the disciplined individual in his subjection (Foucault, 1979, p. 187). Question Is it possible for a docile and adversely scrutinised performance management, dictated by a governmentality regime, through a dominitatory appraisal system, to allow for growth in an educational system and organisation? Performance management…