The Preventive Gaze

Beschrijving
Voorwoord

Inhoudsopgave

1	Introduction: the prevention perspective
2	The spheres of state intervention
3	Research design
4	Prevention in crime policy
5	Prevention in public health policy
6	Conclusion: the prevention state
	Summary
	Samenvatting
	Dutch political context
	Policy memoranda
	Interviews, observations and additional documentation
Literatuur

Beschrijving

Nominated for the Van Poelje prize 2013, awarded by the Vereniging voor Bestuurskunde (Dutch Association for Public Administration)

Prevention is better than cure. This adage has become an important guideline for the government in recent years. Prevention of terrorist attacks, of recidivism among habitual offenders, of dropouts among problem adolescents, or of obesity among children: the existing repertoires of the constitutional state and the welfare state are complemented by a preventive intervention repertoire in a broad range of policy domains. But what does this transformation imply for our understanding of the state in late-modern society?

This study reconstructs the emergence of ‘the preventive gaze’ in politics and policymaking and discusses its consequences for the relation between state and society. Prevention seems to be a logical answer in the face of contemporary social issues such as security, education, welfare and public health. However, prevention also has an expansive logic and pushes the state towards an ever more detailed, comprehensive and timely approach to risks. As a consequence, the emergence of the ‘prevention state’ tends towards a slow and silent politicisation of society and usurpation of the state-free domain.

Doelgroep

This publication is aimed at academics in the field of public administration and political philosophy.

Auteursinformatie

Rik Peeters studied Public Administration at Tilburg University and Political Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen. His research focuses on transformations in the relation between state, society and citizens. He is a researcher and project manager at the Netherlands School of Public Administration and a guest lecturer and researcher at the Tilburg School of Politics and Public Administration.

 

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