Configurations of Dutch Liberal Governmentality. Continuities and Discontinuities in Classical and Neoliberal Social Security Discourses

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Anja Eleveld

VU University Amsterdam - Faculty of Law

Date Written: 2012

Abstract

This contribution applies Foucault’s considerations on liberal configurations of security and freedom to two Dutch discourses on social security: the discourse surrounding the Poor Law in the mid-nineteenth century and the life course discourse. The paper observes both continuities and discontinuities between the two discourses. Discontinuity is expressed primarily in the specific subject constructions. On the other hand, however, the contrasts between the classical liberal and neoliberal discourse turn out to be less marked as in both discourses the now is colonized by the future.

Keywords: governmentality, Foucault, social security, discourse analysis

Suggested Citation

Eleveld, Anja, Configurations of Dutch Liberal Governmentality. Continuities and Discontinuities in Classical and Neoliberal Social Security Discourses (2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2495417 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2495417

Anja Eleveld (Contact Author)

VU University Amsterdam - Faculty of Law ( email )

De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
Netherlands

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