Governing childhood into the 21st century: biopolitical technologies of childhood management and education

Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks. In this timely work, Nadesan argues that these frameworks encourage affluent parents to pursue individualized technologies of the self to reduce risks posed to their children's future success. INDICE: Introduction to Biopolitics, Risk and Childhood A Genealogy of Family Life and Childhood Governance Risk, Biopolitics, and Bioeconomics Biopolitical Sorting Strategies: Comparing Social-Welfare and Neoliberal Problem-Solution Frames Biopower, Security, and Development Concluding Chapter on Children and the 21st Century: Risky Economies

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61321-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 28/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés