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Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Seiten (von - bis) | 68-71 |
Seitenumfang | 4 |
Fachzeitschrift | Politics and Governance |
Jahrgang | 8 |
Ausgabenummer | 2 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 20 Apr. 2020 |
Abstract
This commentary is concerned with a specific form of power and discipline that is exerted through governance by numbers. Because of its many parallels to classical Foucauldian panopticism, governance based on numbers can be coined ʼnumerocratic panopticism.' Yet, going beyond similarities between classical and numerocratic panopticism, the commentary suggests three features specific to numerocratic panopticism that actually reverse characteristic traits of classical panopticism: In contrast to classical panopticism, numerocratic panopticism is multi-centered, non-spatial and open-purpose. Research on governance by numbers can benefit from a heuristic of panopticism if it considers both similarities and differences between classical and numerocratic panopticism.
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in: Politics and Governance, Jahrgang 8, Nr. 2, 20.04.2020, S. 68-71.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Governance by numbers
T2 - A panopticon reversed?
AU - Hamann, Julian
N1 - Funding information: This comment has benefitted from discussions with Stefan Beljean, Rainer Diaz-Bone, Frank Meier and Thorsten Peetz during a meeting of the DFG research network “Towards a Society of Valuation? I am also thankful for constructive feedback from the two academic editors and helpful comments from my colleagues at LCSS
PY - 2020/4/20
Y1 - 2020/4/20
N2 - This commentary is concerned with a specific form of power and discipline that is exerted through governance by numbers. Because of its many parallels to classical Foucauldian panopticism, governance based on numbers can be coined ʼnumerocratic panopticism.' Yet, going beyond similarities between classical and numerocratic panopticism, the commentary suggests three features specific to numerocratic panopticism that actually reverse characteristic traits of classical panopticism: In contrast to classical panopticism, numerocratic panopticism is multi-centered, non-spatial and open-purpose. Research on governance by numbers can benefit from a heuristic of panopticism if it considers both similarities and differences between classical and numerocratic panopticism.
AB - This commentary is concerned with a specific form of power and discipline that is exerted through governance by numbers. Because of its many parallels to classical Foucauldian panopticism, governance based on numbers can be coined ʼnumerocratic panopticism.' Yet, going beyond similarities between classical and numerocratic panopticism, the commentary suggests three features specific to numerocratic panopticism that actually reverse characteristic traits of classical panopticism: In contrast to classical panopticism, numerocratic panopticism is multi-centered, non-spatial and open-purpose. Research on governance by numbers can benefit from a heuristic of panopticism if it considers both similarities and differences between classical and numerocratic panopticism.
KW - Discipline
KW - Dispositif
KW - Foucault
KW - Numerocracy
KW - Panopticon
KW - Power
KW - Quantification
KW - Surveillance
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U2 - 10.17645/pag.v8i2.2991
DO - 10.17645/pag.v8i2.2991
M3 - Commentary in journal
AN - SCOPUS:85086263580
VL - 8
SP - 68
EP - 71
JO - Politics and Governance
JF - Politics and Governance
IS - 2
ER -