TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Malley,Pat
TI  - Risk, uncertainty and government
SN  - 9781135311803
AV  - HM1101 .O63 2004eb
U1  - 320.1 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - GlassHouse
KW  - Political science
KW  - Risk assessment
KW  - Risk management
KW  - Uncertainty
KW  - Évaluation du risque
KW  - Gestion du risque
KW  - Incertitude
KW  - risk assessment
KW  - aat
KW  - risk management
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Essays
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Government
KW  - General
KW  - National
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Risikomanagement
KW  - gnd
KW  - Politik
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Risk, uncertainty and government -- 2. From independence to social security -- 3. Enterprising liberalism -- 4. Uncertainty, liberalism and contract -- 5. Risky contracts : gambling, speculation and insurance -- 6. Insurance, actuarialism and thrift -- 7. Risk, crime control and criminal justice -- 8. Risking drug use -- 9. Risk, uncertainty and freedom; Risk, uncertainty and government --; From independence to social security --; Enterprising liberalism --; Uncertainty, liberalism and contract --; Risky contracts : gambling, speculation and insurance --; Insurance, actuarialism and thrift --; Risk, crime control and criminal justice --; Risking drug use --; Risk, uncertainty and freedom
N2  - "Both risk and uncertainly are neo-liberal concepts, which can be viewed as complementary techniques for governing diverse aspects of life, rather than natural states of things. This new book examines the way these constructs govern the production of wealth through 'uncertain' speculation and 'calculable' investment formulae. The way in which risk and uncertainty govern the minimisation of harms through insurance and through the uncertain practices of 'reasonable foresight' is also discussed."; "This governance of the future has a past, which is equally the concern of this book. It looks at the way these same techniques were historically forged out of moral and social beliefs about how to govern properly. Also analysed is how, during this process, ideas such as 'contract' and distinctions between insurance and gambling were invented to order to 'properly' govern the risky and uncertain future."--Jacket
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