Transforming Subjectivities : Studies in Human Malleability in Contemporary Times

著者名：Hansen Löfstrand, Cecilia (EDT)/Jacobsson, Kerstin (EDT)

Routledge（2022/07/12発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9780367705107
• eISBN：9781000629101

Description

This volume examines the transformation of subjectivities following contemporary societal trends with regulatory and administrative authorities targeting human subjectivity with the aim to transform it. It addresses the malleability of human subjectivity through rich qualitative analyses of how different governing attempts are received by the subjects themselves. While the scholarship on governmentality has so far produced an enormously useful body of literature on the ‘how’ aspect of governing, this book suggests that it has been prone to overestimate the degree to which our subjectivities are open to change. Combining ethnographic sensitivity with more traditional governmentality perspectives allows us to explore how governing attempts ‘land’ in the terrain targeted—human subjectivity—in actual social contexts, under specific forms of governing and rationality. In doing so, the book makes a distinctive contribution to a second generation of governmentality studies. It will appeal to social scientists with interests in governance, governmentality, social policy and the sociology of work.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Transforming Subjectivities

Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand and Kerstin Jacobsson

2. A Brighter Future? The Transformative Power of Models in Social Services

Lovisa Näslund and Renita Thedvall

3. The Storying of Experience: Shaping Caseworker Subjectivity at Social Insurance Agencies

Kerstin Jacobsson

4. Swedish Police Reform and the Emergence of New Police Subjectivities

Bertil Rolandsson

5. Negotiating Subjectivities in Social Work Dialogues

Johan Lindwall

6. Subjectification, Advice Giving and Resistance in Mental Health Home Visit Interactions

Kirsi Juhila and Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand

7. Transforming Industrial Subjectivity? Scenes from a Youth Activation Centre

Jon Sunnerfjell

8. The Problematizing and Counter-Conducting Subjects of Financial Education

Jane Pettersson

9. State-sanctioned Educational Initiatives Aimed at transforming Adult Immigrants: Interpretation, Negotiation and Resistance

Marie Carlson and Nanna Gillberg

10. Conclusion

Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand and Kerstin Jacobsson