Regulating Social Life

Discourses on the Youth and the Dispositif of Age
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-16890-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 172 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 246 g

Reihe: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse

This book presents the original concept of the ‘dispositif of age’, combining post-Foucauldian analytics of the dispositif, discourse and governmentality with the historical semantics of Reinhart Koselleck to explore the functions of the notion of youth in the regulation of social life. Making use of examples from sources including scientific and media statements, youth policy programmes, and strategies at international (European) and local (Polish) levels, the author shows how this concept of youth supports processes of social regulation and contributes to the implementation of political goals as specific responses to issues such as radicalization and violence, unemployment, and economic crisis. This book will be of interest not only to scholars of discourse and youth studies, but also to all post-Foucauldian researchers with an interest in going beyond simple 'applicationism'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ostrowicka, Helena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The dispositif of age: dispositif, the concept of youth and temporalization.- Chapter 3: The 3-C discourses and governing by the notion of youth.- Chapter 4: Regulating social life: between experience and expectation.- Chapter 5: Conclusion.- Appendix 1.

Über Autor(innen)

Helena Ostrowicka is Associate Professor and Chair of Research Methodology and Discourse Studies at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She is interested in the issues of broadly understood educational, youth, and scientific policy. She focuses on exploring the post-Foucauldian perspective in the analysis of discourse, and the relations of knowledge and power in four institutional contexts: education, science, politics, and the media.