Introduction 1
From One Modernity to the Next 7
Prevention and Progress 7
Risks and Dangers 10
Individualization, Insecurity, Freedom 13
Politics and Progress 17
Fear of the Future 19
Gendered Prevention 23
The Security Market 25
The Threat of Violence Extends Everywhere 26
Victims 28
Time 32
Bodies 35
Pollution 39
Control and Gambling 41
What Fears 43
Preventing is Better than Curing 47
Functioning 47
Mad Cows and Other Strange Animals 54
Genetics, Diagnoses, Prediction 55
More On Bodies 60
Prevention and Security 67
From Criminals to Victims 67
From Social Policies to Security Policies 70
The 'New Prevention': Local Security Policies 77
The Current Dimensions of Social Control 87
Control and Self-Control 87
Surveillance 89
The Security Market Once Again 97
Control and Exclusion 98
Prevention, Politics, Law 101
Preventive War 101
Prevention, Politics, Institutions, Law, Justice 108
The Exception and the Rule 112
Conclusions 113
Epilogue 119
Bibliography 131
Index 137