Jiang, M. Managing the micro-self: the governmentality of real name registration policy in Chinese microblogosphere (2015) Information Communication and Society, 18 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1060723 Abstract This paper investigates the real name registration (RNR) policy introduced by Chinese authorities in 2011 to regulate its vibrant microblogosphere by encouraging users to manage their ‘micro-self’. …
Greig, C.J., Holloway, S.M. A Foucauldian analysis of literary text selection practices and educational policies in Ontario, Canada (2015) Discourse, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1043239 Abstract Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their …
Hardy, M., Jobling, H. Beyond power/knowledge—developing a framework for understanding knowledge ‘flow’ in international social work (2015) European Journal of Social Work, 18 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2015.1043240 Abstract How are different ‘forms’ of knowledge developed, transmitted and institutionalised in social work? Foucault’s concept of ‘power/knowledge’ famously enabled us to understand such developments via …
Song, A.M. Pawns, pirates or peacemakers: Fishing boats in the inter-Korean maritime boundary dispute and ambivalent governmentality (2015) Political Geography, 48, pp. 60-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2015.06.002 Abstract Extractive activities such as oil drilling, mining and fishing often appear implicated in international maritime boundary disputes. While natural resources’ crucial role as a catalyst for conflict has been …
Jacobs, K., Travers, M. Governmentality as critique: the diversification and regulation of the Australian housing sector (2015) International Journal of Housing Policy, 19 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14616718.2015.1046209 Abstract As the housing affordability crisis in Australia deepens, policy-makers have expended considerable resources in establishing new regulatory practices to enhance the role of the community …
Mark Redhead, Complimenting rivals: Foucault, Rawls and the problem of public reasoning, Philosophy Social Criticism February 16, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453715568922 Abstract This article pursues two questions: Can one use Foucault’s later writings on parrhesia and Kant to create a Foucaldian approach to public reason? If so, what lessons might those attracted to John Rawls’ well-known model …
Asli Daldal, Power and Ideology in Michel Foucault and Antonio Gramsci: A Comparative Analysis, Review of History and Political Science, Vol 2 No 2 June 2014 Abstract Full PDF available Abstract In devising their theories of power and ideology both Gramsci and Foucault make use of Machiavelli’s notion of “relations of force”. They therefore diffuse …
Hanna, P., Johnson, K., Stenner, P., Adams, M. Foucault, sustainable tourism, and relationships with the environment (human and nonhuman) (2015) GeoJournal, 80 (2), pp. 301-314. DOI: 10.1007/s10708-014-9557-7 Abstract Drawing on contemporary research into ethical consumption and sustainable tourism this article starts by outlining the ways in which sustainable tourism (and other forms of ethical consumption) …
Michalinos Zembylas, ‘Pedagogy of discomfort’ and its ethical implications: the tensions of ethical violence in social justice education (2015) Ethics and Education, 10(2), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2015.1039274 Abstract This essay considers the ethical implications of engaging in a pedagogy of discomfort, using as a point of departure Butler’s reflections on ethical violence and norms. The author shows …
Bryant, L., George, J. Examining uncertainty and trust among irrigators and regulatory bodies in the Murray-Darling Basin (2015) International Journal of Water Resources Development, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2015.1028584 Abstract Due to changing climate and water legislation in South Australia, Australia’s oldest water trust, the Renmark Irrigation Trust (RIT), and the community it …
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