Henning, A.D. (Self-)Surveillance, anti-doping, and health in non-elite road running (2014) Surveillance and Society, 11 (4), pp. 494-507. Further info Abstract This article explores disciplining effects of current anti-doping surveillance systems on the health consequences of non-elites’ daily behaviors and habits. As they are left out of direct anti-doping testing and enforcement, it is tempting …
Parker, I. Madness and justice (2014) Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 34 (1), pp. 28-40. Abstract This article makes the case for “social justice” in relation to the conceptions of “madness” that currently operate in mental health practice. The argument proceeds in eight steps which challenge dominant views of “madness” in the discipline of …
Foucault Studies is pleased to announce the publication of issue 17 A Special Issue on Foucault and Deleuze guest edited by Nicolae Morar, Thomas Nail, Daniel W. Smith Issue 17 also includes: 3 original articles on the topics of: Foucault’s discursive practices Orientalist discourses in Foucault’s work Foucault’s late studies of and with classical Greek …
Terri Bourke & John Lidstone, What is Plan B? Using Foucault’s archaeology to enhance policy analysis. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 36(6), 833–853. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2014.903611 Abstract Many governments in Western democracies conduct the work of leading their societies forward through policy generation and implementation. Despite government attempts at extensive negotiation, collaboration and debate, …
Darren Powell & Michael Gard, The governmentality of childhood obesity: Coca-Cola, public health and primary schools, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Published online: 14 Apr 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2014.905045 Abstract In this paper, we examine the emergence of what might seem an unexpected policy outcome – a large multinational corporation, frequently blamed for exacerbating …
Alisa Jane Percya, A critical turn in higher education research: turning the critical lens on the Academic Language and Learning educator, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Published online: 04 Apr 2014 Abstract This paper suggests that historical ontology, as one form of reflexive critique, is an instructive research design for making sense …
Silva, L. Foucault in the Landscape: Questioning Governmentality in the Azores (2014) Landscape Research, Published online March 2014 Abstract This article focuses on the use of governmentality as a technique of government and its effects, with reference to a protected landscape. Drawing on ethnographic materials from the Azores, it demonstrates that governmentality is not always …
Kutay, A. Managerial formations and coupling among the state, the market, and civil society: an emerging effect of governance (2014) Critical Policy Studies, Published online March 2014 Abstract By taking up the fact that some non-governmental organizations adapt to managerialism under governance mechanisms, this article addresses an emerging governance effect that paves the way for …
Inge Claringbould, Annelies Knoppers, and Frank Jacobs Young athletes and their coaches: disciplinary processes and habitus development (2014) Leisure Studies, Published online March 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.895027 Abstract Sport scholars have paid relatively little attention to meanings that participants in recreational youth sport may give meanings to their participation and how those meanings are informed by coaching …
Reyes-Zaga, H.A. Biopolitics and disposable bodies: A critical reading of Almazán’s Entre perros (2014) Latin American Perspectives, 41 (2), pp. 189-201. Abstract Until now, little has been said about Mexican literature’s relationship with drug trafficking. While the literature influenced by drug trafficking may be seen as opportunistic and as promoting the dissolution of society and …
