Sovereign power, disciplinary power and biopower: resisting what power with what resistance?

Lilja, Mona; Vinthagen, Stellan

doi:10.1080/2158379x.2014.889403

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“…A common criticism of Foucault's work on disciplinary power is the limited attention given to how subjects in particular social contexts exercise agency to subvert disciplinary power intended to shape their conduct (Good , Wheatley ). Foucault () also proposed that where there is power there is resistance to the exercise of disciplinary power and the construction of new subjectivities (Lilja and Vinthagan ). A limited number of studies have shown how disciplinary power is exercised in interactions between healthcare professionals and patients (Bloor and McIntosh , May , Peckover , Wheatley ), but there has been much less focus on carers (Sakellariou ).…”

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Disciplinary power and the process of training informal carers on stroke units

Sadler

Hawkins

Clarke

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Sociology Health & Illness

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This article examines the process of training informal carers on stroke units using the lens of power. Care is usually assumed as a kinship obligation but the state has long had an interest in framing the carer and caring work. Training carers in healthcare settings raises questions about the power of the state and healthcare professionals as its agents to shape expectations and practices related to the caring role. Drawing on Foucault's notion of disciplinary power, we show how disciplinary forms of power exercised in interactions between healthcare professionals and carers shape the engagement and resistance of carers in the process of training. Interview and observational field note extracts are drawn from a multi-sited study of a training programme on stroke units targeting family carers of people with stroke to consider the consequences of subjecting caring to this intervention. We found that the process of training informal carers on stroke units was not simply a matter of transferring skills from professional to lay person, but entailed disciplinary forms of power intended to shape the conduct of the carer. We interrogate the extent to which a specific kind of carer is produced through such an approach, and the wider implications for the participation of carers in training in healthcare settings and the empowerment of carers.

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Disciplinary power and the process of training informal carers on stroke units

Sadler

Hawkins

Clarke

et al. 2017

Sociology Health & Illness

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“…Resistance Studies, and has written or edited eight books, forthcoming is A Theory of Nonviolent Action (ZED Books), and numerous articles, among the latest is 'Sovereign Power, Disciplinary Power and Biopower: Resisting What Power With What Resistance?', 2014 (with M. Lilja) in Journal of Political Power.…”

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Dimensions of everyday resistance: the PalestinianSumūd

Johansson

Vinthagen

2015

Journal of Political Power

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This article applies our earlier proposed theoretical framework on everyday resistance in the case of Palestinian Sumūd (steadfastness) in relation to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Our original framework rests on the dimensions of: (I) repertoires of everyday resistance; (II) relationships of agents; as well as the (III) spatialization and (IV) temporalization of everyday resistance. The already existing complex theoretical debates as well as the rich body of empirical work regarding the Israel/Palestine conflict give us an opportunity to illustrate and explore the possibilities as well as the limits of the proposed framework. Our hope is that in this way, we encourage more systematic research on and a more nuanced understanding of everyday resistance.

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“…Lilja and Vinthagen (2014) made an outstanding attempt to map the various forms of resistance associated with distinctive power forms. The question, however, arises: to what extent can these strategies and practices specifically targeting sovereignty, discipline, and biopower be studies in the context of the complex interweaving and interrelated articulation of different power modalities?…”

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Studies on Governmentality: Six Epistemological Pitfalls

Rodin¹

2017

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The notion of governmentality, developed in the works of Michel Foucault, is actively employed across academic disciplines. Reviewing the secondary literature, this paper specifies and systematizes some particularities of Foucault's theoretical account which are reflected in contemporary studies on governmentality. Six latent epistemological obstacles in research on governmentality are described-the essentialization of power; the impossibility of agency and counteraction; latent idealism; the inconsistent presentation of governmentality; the shortage of explanatory perspective on the micro-macro linkage; and a vanishing critical standpoint-to stimulate an academic discussion on possible methodological insights capable of overcoming some of those difficulties. Those limitations are seen to be immanent in Foucault's overall theoretical account rather than the effects of deviation from it. Examples of studies associated with the fields of international relations and sociology support the central arguments of the paper. As demonstrated, the regrounding of a Foucault-inspired analysis of power in the updated version of historical materialism might have the potential to ensure rigor in governmentality research and redefine its critical intent. Further, a consensus is needed on the fundamental notions of governmentality studies to stabilize the research agenda. Recognizing the importance of Foucault's overall contribution to the understanding of contemporary phenomena and practices, scholars need to acknowledge its conceptual and social limitations.

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Sovereign power, disciplinary power and biopower: resisting what power with what resistance?

Cited by 131 publications

References 23 publications

Disciplinary power and the process of training informal carers on stroke units

Disciplinary power and the process of training informal carers on stroke units

Dimensions of everyday resistance: the PalestinianSumūd

Studies on Governmentality: Six Epistemological Pitfalls

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