Michel Foucault’s ‘apology’ for neoliberalism: Lecture delivered at the British Library on the 30th anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault, June 25, 2014

Journal of Political Power

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 433-442

  Dean, Mitchell ^a,b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Becker; economy; Ewald; Foucault; neoliberalism; Second Left; state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908243166     PISSN: 2158379X     EISSN: 21583803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2014.967002     Document Type: Article

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