Citing efforts to map the brain, to capitalize on the vast datasets emerging from contemporary neuroscience, and to develop computing power to simulate neural function, social and political geograp
This unique book offers a timely analysis of the effects of our rapidly growing knowledge about the brain, mind, and behavior on public policy and practice. Jessica Pykett examines the interactions of
This edited collection brings together researchers from education, human geography, sociology, social policy and political theory in order to consider the idea of the ‘pedagogical state’ as a means of
There have been significant developments in the state of psychological, neuroscientific and behavioural scientific knowledge relating to the human mind, brain, action and decision-making over the past
Many governments in the developed world can now best be described as ‘neuroliberal’: a combination of neoliberal principles with policy initiatives derived from insights in the behavioural sciences. T
Many governments in the developed world can now best be described as ‘neuroliberal’: a combination of neoliberal principles with policy initiatives derived from insights in the behavioural sciences. T
What is the political allure, value and currency of emotions within contemporary cultures of governance? What does it mean to govern more humanely? Since the emergence of an emotional turn in human ge
