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News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Erbilen, S.Ü., Uysal, M. The Common Point of Countries Successful Policies in the Struggle Against COVID-19: Women Leaders (2023) SAGE Open, 13 (2) DOI: 10.1177/21582440231179458 Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, which is one of the biggest epidemics of the last century and can be regarded as a global tragedy, leaders had to mobilize many resources …

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Hafeez, G.A. Counter-conduct and Persistence in Selected Works by Egyptian Women Writers (2023) Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures, 15 (1), pp. 347-363. DOI: 10.47012/jjmll.15.1.18 Abstract In this paper, Michel Foucault’s concept of “counter-conduct” and Judith Butler’s concept of “persistence” are deployed, explored, and applied to rethink the relationship between the dominant patriarchal power …

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Chandwani, R., Edacherian, S., Sud, M. National Digital Infrastructure and India’s Healthcare Sector: Physicians’ Perspectives (2023) Qualitative Report, 28 (2), pp. 360-386. DOI: 10.46743/2160-3715/2023.4964 Abstract Patient-centric digital infrastructure can potentially enhance the efficiency of healthcare systems. However, even in developed nations, evidence suggests low adoption rates for such infrastructure and lack of support from clinicians …

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Kneipp, S.M., Drevdahl, D.J., Canales, M.K. Philanthropic Foundations’ Discourse and Nursing’s Future: Part I: History and Agency (2023) Advances in Nursing Science, 46 (2), pp. 158-168. DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000450 Abstract In this article, we examine external agents’ effect on nursing’s professional evolution and the consequences for the discipline’s collective agency, social contract, and self-regulation. Situated within …

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McDaid, E., Andon, P., Free, C. Algorithmic management and the politics of demand: Control and resistance at Uber (2023) Accounting, Organizations and Society DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2023.101465 Abstract Arguably the world’s most iconic platform organization, Uber relies on a disaggregated labour force and a technology application accessible to users on mobile devices. The company contracts with over …

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Sunendar, D., Adriany, V. ‘It’s all about the product’: doing research in neoliberal times in Indonesian higher education (2023) Globalisation, Societies and Education DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2023.2212438 Abstract This article explores Indonesian academics’ experiences in navigating the research process amidst the pressure of neoliberal ideology in higher education institutions in the country. Using Foucault’s concept of governmentality, …

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Wallrup, E. On patheme: affective shifts and Gustavian culture (2023) Journal of Aesthetics and Culture, 15 (1) DOI: 10.1080/20004214.2023.2209945 Abstract Despite the attention that the affective sphere has reached in the last decades, affectivity has generally been supposed to be a consequence of historical processes, not changing their direction. This article argues instead that affectivity …

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Rust, J.R. Ad Salutem Publicam: public health and pastoral government in More’s Utopia (2023) Textual Practice DOI: 10.1080/0950236X.2023.2205708 Abstract Discourses of health and disease pervade More’s Utopia. The text insistently plays upon the ambiguities of salus, a term with a wide semantic range including spiritual salvation, the physical health of the individual body, and the …

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Heylen, K.B. Enforcing platform sovereignty: A case study of platform responses to Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code (2023) New Media and Society DOI: 10.1177/14614448231166057 Abstract Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code requires Google and Facebook to negotiate payments with news publishers for news content appearing on the platforms. Facebook and Google lobbied against the code through …

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Ashley, L., Perron, A. Examining the role of nurse executives in homecare through the lens of the Sociology of Ignorance and Critical Management Studies (2023) Nursing Philosophy DOI: 10.1111/nup.12445 Abstract This article presents a novel theoretical approach to explore nurse executives’ paradoxical identity and agency of executive and nurse in homecare organizations. This complex phenomenon …

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