The return of social government: From ‘socialist calculation’ to ‘social analytics’

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 431-450

  Davies, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

commensuration; critique; neoliberal; performativity; social

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943804620     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431015578044     Document Type: Article

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