Exploring the intersections between governmentality studies and critical discourse analysis
A case study on urban security discourses and practices
In our chapter, we explore how the intersection of governmentality studies with
critical discourse analysis (CDA) enables an empirical and analytical examination
of the ways in which discursive and non-discursive practices contribute to
the rationalities (episteme) and apparatus (techne) of governmentality. To this
end, we examine urban security policies and discourses in Milan over the past
decade. Drawing on archival data, official statistics and research reports, we
analyse the general policy framework that has emerged and consolidated in the
period considered. Special attention is paid to a new frame for urban policies
inaugurated in 2005 with the stipulation of “Local Pacts for Urban Security”.
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