Neoliberal Political Economy, Biopolitics and Colonialism: A Transcolonial Genealogy of Inequality

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 206-233

  Venn, Couze ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biopolitics; colonialism; neoliberalism; pauperization; political economy; power; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249102762     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276409352194     Document Type: Article

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