2010/04/01 by Matthew Hollow · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Foucault, Power, and Ethics #Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies #Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism #Governmentality #Biopower #Rationality #Ambiguity #Sociology #Estate #Power (physics) #Housing estate #Homogeneous #Political science #Law #Geography #Politics #Philosophy #Archaeology
paper · doi:10.1017/s096392681000009x
openalex publication_date 2010/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
ABSTRACT: This article evaluates the inherent ambiguity of the landmark Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, England. Incorporating Foucault's theories on governmentality and biopolitics, this article explores how techniques of power and control radically affected the way this building was both used and viewed. It shows how conflicting discourses about human needs and desires influenced the way that subjects were housed, managed and regulated in Sheffield during the supposedly homogeneous welfare-state years.