Social Control

Governmentality and Youth Volunteering Policy

by Jon Dean

Presented at the Voluntary Action History Society 2010.

Young people are increasingly encouraged to volunteer, perhaps as a panacea to combat personal and social problems... more Young people are increasingly encouraged to volunteer, perhaps as a panacea to combat personal and social problems (Sheard, 1995). This paper will explore why volunteering policy has developed this instrumental tendency in recent history. It will analyse Michel Foucault’s theories of governmentality, and use these as a frame to consider the advances made in youth policy over the last half century, but with particular regard to volunteering policy in the last 15 years. Using governmentality as a tool of analysis, it will argue that volunteering policy has become a device to responsibilize younger generations; a method to improve the authority of the young over their own lives and their local areas, whilst moulding behaviour which brings about individual and collective wellbeing. It is also argued that this follows a natural progression of youth policies to tackle the ‘problem of youth’.

Courting men: mothers, magistrates and welfare in the Australian colonies

by Christina Twomey

Women’s History Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1999, pp. 231-46.

Transitions of Truants: Community Truancy Board as a Turning Point in the Lives of Adolescents

by Kevin Wright

Johnson, Charles L, Kevin A. Wright, and Paul S. Strand (2012). "Transitions of Truants: Community Truancy Board as a Turning Point in the Lives of Adolescents." Journal of Juvenile Justice, 1(2), 34-51.

School dropout represents a major turning point in a person’s life that could be seen as an initial step on a... more School dropout represents a major turning point in a person’s life that could be seen as an initial step on a difficult pathway to reduced conventional opportunities. The challenge is to identify interventions that can successfully reintegrate students back into a school setting in a manner that encourages continued attendance and involvement. One such program is the West Valley Community Truancy Board in Spokane, Washington. In addition to the truancy board process, the program employs a court-appointed officer to mentor students and manage the overall process of identifying and attending to the risks and needs that promote truancy. Guided by Sampson and Laub’s (1993) age-graded theory of informal social control and Cullen’s (1994) application of social support to delinquency, the current analysis seeks to determine the overall effectiveness of the truancy board based on both quantitative analyses of outcomes and qualitative interviews with key actors. We discuss the implications for the ongoing theoretical, empirical, and policy debates surrounding truancy intervention.

(2012) Un exemple d'écosophie des risques industriels

by Tobias Girard

Published in "Chimères", 76, 2012, p. 41-52.

En prenant appui sur une enquête anthropologique de terrain réalisée de 2005 à 2007 dans la zone industrielle de... more En prenant appui sur une enquête anthropologique de terrain réalisée de 2005 à 2007 dans la zone industrielle de Marseille/Fos-sur-Mer, cet article propose quelques exemples pour illustrer les manières dont différents dispositifs de sécurité peuvent articuler des questions techniques, liées à la nature des menaces, avec des enjeux de pouvoir, des visions du monde et des rapports sociaux, des manières de traiter les informations ou de composer avec une émotion comme la peur. Ces dispositifs étant eux-mêmes instables, nous verrons ensuite comment leur détraquement peut paradoxalement assurer le fonctionnement de la société de contrôle des risques.

Deleuze, Foucault et le nouveau contrôle

by Michalis Lianos

facing control

by Victor Cirone

Legal control and resistance post-Seattle

by Luis Fernandez

Citation: Social Justice Vol. 36, No. 1 (2009): 41-60.

This article examines the state of legal control of social movements since the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO)... more This article examines the state of legal control of social movements since the 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) protest in Seattle, Washington. The authors argue that state control has changed significantly in recent years. As a result, the article outlines a general framework for the study of the social control of dissent, but focusing specifically on understanding how legal mechanisms are deployed to control protest. The second part of the article shows how activists responded to these control tactics.

The Legal Arena of Social Control: Protest Policing Since Seattle (A new framework for studying the social control of dissent)

by Amory Starr

2008 Co-authored with Luis Fernandez, Social Justice 35.3.

This paper examines the legal arena of social control of protests since the 1999 WTO protest in Seattle, Washington.... more This paper examines the legal arena of social control of protests since the 1999 WTO protest in Seattle, Washington. The authors argue that social control of dissent has changed significantly in recent years and outline a framework for its study. The paper then focuses on aspects of the legal arena (legislation, intelligence, policing, and prosecution) showing how legal mechanisms are deployed to control protest. The second part of the paper shows how activists respond to these control tactics.

Antecipando a era Vargas: a Revolucao Paulista de 1924 e as praticas de controle politico e social.

by Carlo Romani

Published in Topoi, Rio de Janeiro, no. 23 (2011)

A revolução de julho de 1924 em São Paulo foi muito pouco investigada pela historiografia brasileira, principalmente... more A revolução de julho de 1924 em São Paulo foi muito pouco investigada pela historiografia brasileira, principalmente se considerarmos que ela determina o início de um controle social preventivo e sistemático, por parte do governo federal, sobretudo nas esferas da saúde e da segurança pública. Este artigo estuda essa transformação no Estado Brasileiro, particularmente no que tange à polícia política, durante o governo do presidente Arthur Bernardes (1922-1926). A hipótese que orienta o trabalho é a de que, nesse período, foi inaugurado um novo modelo de exercício do poder político, denominado por Michel Foucault de biopolítica, precursor do futuro estado de controle social da era Vargas.

The July Revolution of 1924 in São Paulo was very little investigated by Brazilian historiography, especially since it determines the beginning of a systematic preventive and social control by the federal government, especially in health and public safety spheres. This paper studies this transformation in the Brazilian state, particularly with regard to the political police during the government of President Arthur Bernardes (1922-1926). The hypothesis that guides the work is that in this period was inaugurated a new model for the exercise of political power, by Michel Foucault called biopolitics, the precursor of the future social control state of the Vargas era.

La profilaxis del viento. Instituciones represivas y sanitarias en la Patagonia argentina, 1880-1940

by Ernesto Bohoslavsky

Ruled by the Pen: Literacy Orientalism, and Colonial Order in Punjab

by NADEEM OMAR TARAR

Ruled by the Pen: Literacy, Orientalism and Colonial Order in Punjab’, by Stephen Lyon and Iain R. Edgar, Shaping a Nation, An Examination of Education in Pakistan. (Karachi, 2010).

The colonial education in India served as an institution of social control, which was anchored in the western... more The colonial education in India served as an institution of social control, which was anchored in the western ethnocentric ideas of "orality" of non-western societies in contrast to European "literacy". The paper seeks to analyze the colonial anthropological construction of knowledge that served as a premise for launching mass literacy in the late nineteenth century colonial Punjab. The illiteracy of the Indian population was argued on the assumed "orality" of the social processes of knowledge transmission and provided the colonial justification for education of a "traditional" society, deemed lower in the scale of evolutionary development. Drawing on the literacy-orality debate, the paper questions the binarism of the dominant theoretical formulations of the oral and literate societies that continue to inform the history and pedagogy of education as well as anthropological approaches to the study of South Asian culture. Notwithstanding the liberal ideologies of education, school as a technology of discipline became critical to the normalization of the colonial rule to the vast majority of people. It also emerged as an institutional site for the use and elaboration of discipline as a general formula for domination and control. Schools became not only instruments for inculcating a "literate" consciousness, a Euro-centric awareness of the English grammar and visual norms but also as technologies of rule deployed as the key instrument for the technical transformation of individuals and societies through discipline and regulation

DERECHO Y CONTROL SOCIAL: LA RETÓRICA DEL ORDEN JURÍDICO

by adilson ferraz

Social control is exercised by the law by persuasion, modifying or maintaining the structures of power through... more Social control is exercised by the law by persuasion, modifying or maintaining the structures of power through discourse. In this sense, rhetoric provides mechanisms to demystify the hermetic nature of the legal world, seeking a democratic linguistic construction and application of legal standards. We conclude that the symbolic domination exercised by the law is present not only in legal decisions, but it is on the structures, spaces and institutions, and that the rhetoric of legal order concealed domination based on the rationalization of the speech, which exempts it from arbitrariness.

“DO PONTO DE VISTA DO SUJEITO DE PESQUISA”: A EXPERIÊNCIA DO CONTROLE SOCIAL NA PESQUISA CIENTÍFICA BRASILEIRA

by Rui Harayama

in: Colóquio Internacional de Biotecnologias e Regulações

Esse artigo apresenta uma reflexão sobre a experiência brasileira
no controle social das pesquisas realizadas em... more Esse artigo apresenta uma reflexão sobre a experiência brasileira
no controle social das pesquisas realizadas em seres humanos por meio do Sistema Cep2Conep. Um modelo de regulação da pesquisa científica por meio de comitês de ética que encontra semelhanças com o de outros países como os IRB norte-americanos e os CPP franceses. Particular a esse sistema é a exaltação do papel do representante do usuário nos objetivos inscritos nas resoluções, assim como nos eventos e materiais produzidos. Nossa análise faz um breve apontamento sobre o modo como esse objetivo é levado a cabo nas reuniões do CEP, delineando os pressupostos que servem de base para a análise e considerações sobre a ética em pesquisa dos projetos apresentados. Por fim, indicamos os rendimentos e limitações desse modelo de controle social da atividade científica.

Contract feudalism: A critique of employer power over employees

by Kevin Carson

O Accountability Societal Promovido pela Nota Fiscal Eletrônica de São Paulo

by Ricardo Matheus

Electronic Invoice Services (NF-e), the Municipality of São Paulo, property tax, Electronic Government, Societal Accountability, Social Control.

The electronic invoice (NF-e) is a responsibility of the system and the NF-Municipality of São Paulo. It is issued by... more The electronic invoice (NF-e) is a responsibility of the system and the NF-Municipality of São Paulo. It is issued by the NF-e system. Any service provider registered in Sao Paulo can send this document by the City Hall site. These documents can generate benefits for the user, as part of the abatement of property tax value of any property. Thus, it creates a cycle of social control, promoted by citizens interested in the results of their shopping in town. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to check what are the limits and challenges of social accountability (social control) made by citizens from the introduction of the NF-and the city of São Paulo. Thus, there is the opportunity for other cities and states also adhere to this model efficient collection of taxes regionally and locally.

A nota fiscal eletrônica (NF-e) do Município de São Paulo; O que podemos aprender com esta experiência_

by Ricardo Matheus

Electronic Invoice Services (NF-e), the Municipality of São Paulo, property tax, e-government.

The electronic invoice (NF-e) of São Paulo is one of the largest area of financial innovations in recent times in... more The electronic invoice (NF-e) of São Paulo is one of the largest area of financial innovations in recent times in Brazil. Its implementation brought impacts throughout the supply chain and services in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, and consequently, throughout Brazil, since the potential Sao Paulo before the country is vast, almost a third of all wealth produced in the country is in some particular period or process in Sao Paulo. Thus, this paper aims to verify that states and municipalities can learn from this successful experience in the financial area of taxation? In addition there will be a theoretical discussion about the extent to which the citizen can help to combat the diversion and misappropriation tax in the country through the NF-e.

Some Themes in the Work of James C. Scott

by Kevin Carson

Center for a Stateless Society Paper No. 12 (Winter/Spring 2012)

The Aesthetics of Control: Mega Events and Transformations in Japanese Urban Order

by David Murakami Wood

Murakami Wood, D. and Abe, K. (2011) ‘The Aesthetics of Control: Mega-Event and Urban Governance in Japan’, Urban Studies, special issue on The City, Sport Mega-Events and Security (eds. Richard Giulianotti and Francisco Klauser) 48(15): 3241-3258.

This paper examines the changing ‘style’ of urban order in Japan through the example of mega events, drawing on the... more This paper examines the changing ‘style’ of urban order in Japan through the example of mega events, drawing on the architectural critique of Taro Igarashi and the historical sociological analysis of Masachi Ohsawa. It argues that construction for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics was typical of a ‘concrete aesthetic’ that reflected a Japanese version of ‘control society’, at once modern and post-modern. Ironically, this period has since been re-imagined through ‘Showa nostalgia’ as shown in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and the 2005 Aichi Expo. This nostalgia has been a resource for a globalising form of urban order, seen in more recent mega events like the FIFA World Cup 2002, the 2005 World Expo in Aichi and the 2007 World Athletics Championship in Osaka. This order combines a new aesthetics of visibility through technocratic surveillance with authoritarian governance that seeks to render invisible the marginal, particularly homeless people and foreign migrant workers.

Neighborhood Characteristics and the Social Control of Registered Sex Offenders

by Kelly Socia

Co-authored with Dr. Janet Stamatel

This study uses geospatial and regression analyses to examine the relationships among social disorganization,... more This study uses geospatial and regression analyses to examine the relationships among social disorganization, collective efficacy, social control, residence restrictions, spatial autocorrelation, and the neighborhood distribution of registered sex offenders (RSOs) in Chicago. RSOs were concentrated in neighborhoods that had higher levels of social disorganization and lower levels of collective efficacy, offered greater anonymity, and were near other neighborhoods with high concentrations of RSOs. Furthermore, social control mechanisms mediated some of the effects of structural disorganization. The neighborhoods where RSOs were likely to live did not exhibit characteristics that would support the informal social control of such offenders, as RSO legislation assumes.

Cheliotis, L. K. (2012) ‘The Arts of Imprisonment: An Introduction’, in L. K. Cheliotis (ed.) The Arts of Imprisonment: Control, Resistance and Empowerment, pp. 1-26. Aldershot: Ashgate.

by Leonidas Cheliotis