Nudging into subjectification: Governmentality and psychometrics

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 241-259

  Cromby, John ^a   Willis, Martin E H ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

austerity; neoliberalism; psychology; subjectivity; welfare

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; MARKET SYSTEM; NEOLIBERALISM; PSYCHOLOGY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84898460301     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018313500868     Document Type: Article

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