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Foucault, Power, and Ethics

Foucault, Power, and Ethics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 8.4k research works in it since 1950. 27.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of Foucauldian governmentality, neoliberalism, and power dynamics. It delves into topics such as biopolitics, subjectivity, resistance, and ethics within the context of modern governance. The discourse analysis of governmental strategies and the critique of liberal practices are central themes in these studies.

  • Foucault
  • Governmentality
  • Neoliberalism
  • Power
  • Critique
  • Biopolitics
  • Subjectivity
  • Resistance
  • Ethics
  • Discourse Analysis
Research works
8.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
27.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+4%
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Which countries lead Foucault, Power, and Ethics research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (231 and 208 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 231 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 208 works
  3. 3 Germany 82 works
  4. 4 Brazil 73 works
  5. 5 Canada 69 works
  6. 6 Australia 60 works
  7. 7 France 45 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 42 works
  9. 9 India 37 works
  10. 10 Spain 32 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 26.2%United Kingdom: 23.7%Germany: 9.4%Brazil: 8.3%6 others listed: 32.4%26%largest
United States231 · 26.2%United Kingdom208 · 23.7%Germany82 · 9.4%Brazil73 · 8.3%6 others listed285 · 32.4%

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Which institutions lead Foucault, Power, and Ethics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Edinburgh publishes the most Foucault, Power, and Ethics research, followed by University of Oxford and London School of Economics and Political Science.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 10 works
  2. 2 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 10 works
  3. 3 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 9 works
  4. 4 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 9 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 8 works
  6. 6 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  7. 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 7 works
  8. 8 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 7 works
  9. 9 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 6 works
  10. 10 University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Foucault, Power, and Ethics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Foucault, Power, and Ethics include Judith Butler, Michel Foucault and Bryan S. Turner.

  1. 1 Judith Butler United States 6.7k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault Poland 4.6k citations
  3. 3 Bryan S. Turner United States 1.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Foucault, Power, and Ethics research done?

The largest centres of Foucault, Power, and Ethics research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), New York (United States) and Toronto (Canada).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 50 works
  2. 2 Paris France 21 works
  3. 3 New York United States 16 works
  4. 4 Toronto Canada 14 works
  5. 5 Manchester United Kingdom 14 works
  6. 6 Melbourne Australia 13 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 13 works
  8. 8 Sydney Australia 12 works
  9. 9 Oxford United Kingdom 12 works
  10. 10 Berlin Germany 12 works
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Where is the best place to study Foucault, Power, and Ethics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Manchester, London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Oxford score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 25.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Manchester: 9, 29.0%London School of Economics and Political Science: 9, 33.5%University of Oxford: 10, 21.7%University of Edinburgh: 10, 20.3%University of Toronto: 8, 21.8%London School of Eco…University of Manche…University of OxfordUniversity of Edinbu…
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 66.029.0%8.6×9 +31.7%
2 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 65.733.5%28.6×9 -24.6%
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 50.121.7%5.8×10 +28.3%
4 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 48.020.3%10.2×10 -34.1%
5 University of TorontoCanada 12.421.8%4.4×8 -3.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Foucault, Power, and Ethics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Foucault, Power, and Ethics.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.