01285nam a22001337a 4500020001800000082002000018100002300038245009900061260004400160300001000204520090000214650001401114650002301128  a9783030168872  a305.235	bOST-R  aOstrowicka, Helena  aRegulating Social life:bDiscourses on the youth and the dispositif of age/cHelena Ostrowicka  aSwitzerland:bPalgrave macmillan,c2019  a193p.  aThis book presents the original concept of the ‘dispositif of age’, combining post-Foucauldian analytics of the dispositif, discourse and governmentality with the historical semantics of Reinhart Koselleck to explore the functions of the notion of youth in the regulation of social life. Making use of examples from sources including scientific and media statements, youth policy programmes, and strategies at international (European) and local (Polish) levels, the author shows how this concept of youth supports processes of social regulation and contributes to the implementation of political goals as specific responses to issues such as radicalization and violence, unemployment, and economic crisis. This book will be of interest not only to scholars of discourse and youth studies, but also to all post-Foucauldian researchers with an interest in going beyond simple 'applicationism'.  aSemantics  aDiscourse analysis