governmentality
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Governmentality is a theory of power developed by French philosopher Michel Foucault, which analyses "governmental" power through both the power states have over the population and the means by which subjects govern themselves.
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26 sectionsContents
- History
- Definition
- Foucault
- Further development
- Dean
- Components
- Mentality of rule
- From governmentality to neoliberal governmentality: cartography
- Governmentality and cartography
- Neoliberal governmentality and cartography
- Self-governing capabilities
- Technologies of power
- Technologies of the self
- Responsibilisation
- Healthism
- Normalisation
- Self-esteem
- Technologies of the market
- Applications and extensions
- Ecogovernmentality
- Crises of governmentality
- Application to health care
- Beyond the West
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Governmentality is a theory of power developed by French philosopher Michel Foucault, which analyses "governmental" power through both the power states have over the population and the means by which subjects govern themselves.
As a form of power, governmentality differs from state discipline or punishment, which relies upon coercion to force individuals into specific action. Rather, governmentality also comprises the power that individuals have within a population to self-govern, which the state may influence or guide through non-coercive means such as education.