Power at the heart of the present: Exception, risk and sovereignty

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-475

  Dean, Mitchell ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

crisis; event; exceptionalism; governmentality; neoliberalism; power; risk; security; sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049461374     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549410377147     Document Type: Article

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