Deirdre McGowan, “Governed by marriage law: An Irish genealogy” (2016) vol 25, Issue 3, Social and Legal Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663915614110 Abstract: Marriage law links the private and the political, connecting the aspirations of individuals to the regulatory ambitions of the state. Marriage has significant social and cultural importance, but the assumptions of stability and care it …
Eduardo Rivera Vicencio, Monetary Conformation of the Corporate Governmentality II The Monetary System and the Privatization Process, Journal of Governance and Regulation, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2016, 75-90 Abstract The global governance of large corporations or corporate governmentality changed over time through the penetration of the economy in all aspects of society but which has …
A. Kiarina Kordela, Monsters of biopower: Terror(ism) and horror in the era of affect (2016) Philosophy Today, 60 (1), pp. 193-205. Special Issue: The Power of the Monstrous Update 12 July 2026: The DOI is listed as https://doi.org/10.5840/philtoday2016113104 but link does not resolve to article – so see link above. Abstract This paper argues that …
Bal Sokhi-Bulley, Re-reading the Riots: Counter-Conduct in London 2011 (2016) Global Society, 30(2), 320–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2016.1143348 Abstract The riots that took place in England in August 2011 have widely been described as destructive, senseless and without purpose. This article, taking inspiration from Michel Foucault’s later work on revolt as counter-conduct, argues for a new understanding of …
Berthold Molden, Resistant pasts versus mnemonic hegemony: On the power relations of collective memory (2016) Memory Studies, 9 (2), pp. 125-142. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750698015596014 Abstract The politics of history and memory in any society are determined by the relations of forces between hegemonic master narratives, defiant counter-memories, and silent majorities whose historical experience is rarely articulated in …
Yngfalk, C. Bio-politicizing consumption: neo-liberal consumerism and disembodiment in the food marketplace (2016) Consumption Markets and Culture, 19 (3), pp. 275-295. DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2015.1102725 Abstract How consumerism proliferates in society is central to consumer culture studies, yet little research has examined the power of consumerist discourses in shaping consumption at the intersection of marketing with State …
Francesca Moore, ‘A band of public-spirited women’: Middle-class female philanthropy and citizenship in Bolton, Lancashire before 1918 (2016) Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 41 (2), pp. 149-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12114 Abstract In the 19th and early 20th centuries, despite the cultural ideal of private and public as separate spheres and a lack of formal voting …
Clinton, M.E., Springer, R.A. Foucault’s legacy for nursing: Are we beneficiaries or intestate heirs? (2016) Nursing Philosophy, 17 (2), pp. 119-131. DOI: 10.1111/nup.12113 Abstract Drawing upon selected literature from the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Canada we examine how Foucault’s concepts of ‘episteme’, ‘rupture’ ‘parrhesia’ ‘care of the self’, and ‘problemitization’ have been applied to particular …
Siisiäinen, L. Foucault and Gay Counter-Conduct (2016) Global Society, pp. 1-19. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2016.1144567 Abstract In his late work, Michel Foucault elaborates on the notion of resistance in a meticulous fashion, introducing the more precise concept of counter-conduct. This article contributes to this topical discussion within a specific framework: the gay mode of …
O’Neill, A.-M. Assessment-based curriculum: globalising and enterprising culture, human capital and teacher–technicians in Aotearoa New Zealand (2016) Journal of Education Policy, pp. 1-24. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2016.1150520 Abstract This policy chronology traces the institution of globalised school curriculum and assessment discourses, as a vernacular and specific form of public rationalisation and educational governmentality in …
