Proto-governmentalization and the historical formation of organizational subjectivity

Economy and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-221

  van Krieken, Rober ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elias; Foucault; Government; Organization; Power; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

CIVILISATION; CONCEPTUAL APPROACH; ORGANISATIONAL SUBJECTIVITY; PROTOGOVERNMENTALISATION; SOCIAL RELATIONS;

EID: 0030474497     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149600000010     Document Type: Article

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