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A Framework of Intersectional Risk Theory in the Age of AmbivalenceRisk, Inequality, and (Post) Structure: Risk as Governing

A Framework of Intersectional Risk Theory in the Age of Ambivalence: Risk, Inequality, and (Post)... [This chapter elaborates how intersectional risk theory relates to, departs from, and contributes to understandings of risk as a governing societal principle, not only as a tenet of the risk society thesis but more especially in the context of risk regimes and as a technology for risk governance. We explore theoretical accounts of how risk and, more specifically, risk governance and regulation have become elements of power in the contemporary world, or at least in the Global North, (re)producing inequalities of health and wealth. In particular, the chapter examines theoretical understandings of risk and inequality inspired by the governmentality perspective, including the colonisation of risk and risk regimes and how conceptualisations of normalisation invite an intersectional analysis of social structures and risk, bridging the divide between theorising of gender and risk.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Framework of Intersectional Risk Theory in the Age of AmbivalenceRisk, Inequality, and (Post) Structure: Risk as Governing

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
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978-3-030-33523-6
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37 –57
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10.1007/978-3-030-33524-3_3
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[This chapter elaborates how intersectional risk theory relates to, departs from, and contributes to understandings of risk as a governing societal principle, not only as a tenet of the risk society thesis but more especially in the context of risk regimes and as a technology for risk governance. We explore theoretical accounts of how risk and, more specifically, risk governance and regulation have become elements of power in the contemporary world, or at least in the Global North, (re)producing inequalities of health and wealth. In particular, the chapter examines theoretical understandings of risk and inequality inspired by the governmentality perspective, including the colonisation of risk and risk regimes and how conceptualisations of normalisation invite an intersectional analysis of social structures and risk, bridging the divide between theorising of gender and risk.]

Published: Dec 12, 2019

Keywords: Risk; Intersectionality; Governance; Regimes; Governmentality

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