Big society as big government: Cameron's governmentality agenda

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 452-470

  Bulley, Dan ^a   Sokhi Bulley, Bal ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Society; David Cameron; Governmentality; Michel Foucault

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; SELF GOVERNMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84903560199     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2012.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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