Security of Liberal Government

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Posted on 11 February 2011

Dr Luis Lobo-Guerrero, gave a recent talk about his work on insurance and the security of liberal governance at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society of the Saïd Business School, Oxford University (February 2011).

During his presentation, Dr Lobo-Guerrero claimed there is an urgent need to re-politicise the processes through which insurance transforms uncertainty into risk. Ever since a rationality of risk management has colonised most of governance in advanced liberal economies, and considering the prominent role various forms of private and public insurance play in making that rationality possible, it is time to open up the role of insurance to public scrutiny. Public accountability on the constitution of 'risks' is an urgent necessity for the development of contemporary liberal democracies.

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