Steering through the Neighbourhood

Towards an Advanced Liberal Risk Society

Bibliographic Data

ID5014148
AuthorsMartin Letell (University of Gothenburg, corresponding author), Göran Sundqvist (0000-0001-8120-1629, University of Oslo, corresponding author), Mark Elam (0000-0002-4813-9584, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume43
Issue1
Pages106-125
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a43218
OpenAlexW2159055949
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited26

How to govern risk through freedom? The aim of this paper is to contribute to the theoretical discussion on, and the empirical understanding of, liberal authority and its governmental rationality of risk. The analytical question is that of how to govern risk through freedom and the empirical focus is a programme of mobility management in the Swedish city of Gothenburg-New Road Habits-grouping local initiatives concerning traffic control, air quality, climate change, and public health. These initiatives have coincided with a growing problematisation of 'habitual car use' in the city. New Road Habits seeks to advance an individualised politics of risky conduct and the paper addresses some of the means deployed by the city to construct the bicycle as a prudent mobility choice and, in their interpretation, a vehicle of advanced liberalism

Economics · Empirical research · Liberalism · Management · Political science · Politics · Rationality · Sociology · Computer Science · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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