Motivational Interviewing as Governmentality: Shaping Victims of Men's Violence into Responsible Subjects?

Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based counselling method that has spread rapidly in Sweden during the last two decades. It is a technique designed to empower individuals to change an unwanted life situation. Through interviews with a strategic sample of persons engaged in work with men...

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Vydané v:NORA : Nordic journal of women's studies Ročník 27; číslo 2; s. 112 - 124
Hlavný autor: Lauri, Marcus
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Stockholm Routledge 03.04.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Predmet:
Blame
Counseling
Evidence-based practice
gender
genus
Governmentality
Interviews
Intimate partner violence
kön
makt
mansvåld
Men
Men’s violence against women
Motivation
Motivational interviewing
Motiverande samtal
mäns våld mot kvinnor
Neoliberalism
nyliberalism
Selfblame
social work
socialt arbete
styrningsmentalitet
subject
subjekt
Sverige
Sweden
Victims
Violence
Violence against women
Welfare state
Women
ISSN:0803-8740, 1502-394X, 1502-394X
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Shrnutí:Motivational interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based counselling method that has spread rapidly in Sweden during the last two decades. It is a technique designed to empower individuals to change an unwanted life situation. Through interviews with a strategic sample of persons engaged in work with men's violence against women, this article critically examines the use of MI in this context. By analysing the interviews from a governmentality perspective, it is suggested that MI is a technique to produce a knowledgeable, strong, and self-animated feminine subject, capable of making the "right" choices and subsequently "choosing" to avoid violence. Although this may be beneficial to some, the analysis suggests that this places primary responsibility on the woman subjected to violence for her predicament and future. This may in turn increase the risk of self-blame for those who cannot follow through with their commitment, and obscure and renounce the role and responsibility of both the counsellor and the rationalized neoliberal welfare state. In addition, the one-sided focus on the individual largely ignores the surrounding context, which may obscure men's responsibility for violence. This may ultimately undermine the collective formation of a political subject from women's shared experience of violence.
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ISSN:0803-8740
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DOI:10.1080/08038740.2019.1588374