Introduction, AndrewBarry, ThomasOsborne, NikolasRose; Chapter 1 Liberal government and techniques of the self, GrahamBurchell; Chapter 2 Governing “advanced” liberal democracies, NikolasRose; Chapter 3 Liberalism, socialism and democracy: variations on a governmental theme, BarryHindess; Chapter 4 The promise of liberalism and the performance of freedom, VikkiBell; Chapter 5 Security and vitality: drains, liberalism and power in the nineteenth century, ThomasOsborne; Chapter 6 Lines of communication and spaces of rule, AndrewBarry; Chapter 7 Assembling the school, IanHunter; Chapter 8 Governing the city: liberalism and early modern modes of governance, AlanHunt; Chapter 9 Risk and responsibility, PatO'Malley; Chapter 10 Foucault, government and the enfolding of authority, MitchellDean; Chapter 11 Revolutions within: self-government and self-esteem, BarbaraCruikshank; Chapter 12 Foucault in Britain, ColinGordon Index;