M. Foucault’s scientific contributions

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Governmentality The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality
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January 1991

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M. Foucault

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... In his work, Foucault also introduced the concept of "governmentality" to discuss the comprehensive nature of governance, as an authoritative attempt to regulate the behavior. The term "governmentality" (Foucault, 1991(Foucault, , 2000 refers to institutions' endeavours to shape individual behavior through various forms of regulation and intervention (Dean, 2009). A governmentality analysis focuses on how individuals are subjected to various processes and become objects of knowledge within specific historical contexts (Nicoll and Fejes, 2008). ...

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Social goals under a neoliberal agenda: measures to promote equality in European higher education read through a Foucauldian lens
Governmentality The Foucault Effect: Studies in Governmentality
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  • January 1991

M. Foucault