Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Donzelot: the
policing of families
- Like Marxists and
Feminists Donzelot sees
policy as a form of state
power over families
- Concept of
surveillence
- This power is
spread throughout
society
- E.g. doctors and social
workers exercise power
over their patients by
using expert knowledge
- Policing of
the families
- Social workers, doctors
and health visitors use
their knowledge to control
and change families
- Poor families are
targeted more
- Areas for
'improvement'
- More likely
to breed
criminals
- Rejects 'march of
progress view'
- Social policy and
professionals
control the family
- Criticisms
- M&F: fails to
identify who benefits
from thee policies of
surveillance