"This governance of the future has a past, which is equally the concern of this book. It looks at the way these same techniques were historically forged out of moral and social beliefs about how to govern properly. Also analysed is how, during this process, ideas such as 'contract' and distinctions between insurance and gambling were invented to order to 'properly' govern the risky and uncertain future."--BOOK JACKET.
Content: 1. Risk, uncertainty and government --
2. From independence to social security --
3. Enterprising liberalism --
4. Uncertainty, liberalism and contract --
5. Risky contracts : gambling, speculation and insurance --
6. Insurance, actuarialism and thrift --
7. Risk, crime control and criminal justice --
8. Risking drug use --
9. Risk, uncertainty and freedom. Risk, uncertainty and government --
From independence to social security --
Enterprising liberalism --
Uncertainty, liberalism and contract --
Risky contracts : gambling, speculation and insurance --
Insurance, actuarialism and thrift --
Risk, crime control and criminal justice --
Risking drug use --
Risk, uncertainty and freedom.
Abstract: Pat O'Malley, commentator on risk and government, provides his overview of the historical and contemporary neo-liberal interplay of risk and uncertainty, including an account of the changing role of contract, tort and insurance.