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Responsibilization in contemporary Swedish crisis management: expanding ‘bare life’ biopolitics through exceptionalism and neoliberal governmentality

Carl Rådestada Straterno Institute, SwedenView further author information
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Oscar Larssonb Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 86-105 | Published online: 09 Oct 2018

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