Masks, common sense and governmentality
The UK Government’s hesitant and contradictory stance on the wearing of face coverings can be understood as reflecting an adherence to the tenets of ‘nudge’ theory; it also highlights the neoliberal ideological stance critiqued in Foucault’s notion of Governmentality, and the ‘responsibilisation of...
Main Author: | Collins, Jeremy |
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Format: | Book Section |
Language: | English |
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2020
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Online Access: | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/8382/1/Collins%20-%20Masks%20and%20Governmentality.pdf |
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