The state’s core function shifted from enclosing citizens to regulating flows.

Evidence

So where the state previously had served as a more or less porous container looking out, if somewhat intrusively and imposingly, for the wellbeing of those contained, of its citizens, it is now a regulatory node. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1804

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The state has shifted from welfare caretaker to regulator of flows; States have shifted from citizen welfare to regulating flows, not withered away — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1804; The welfare state has transformed into a policing state of flows. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 211 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The state has shifted from welfare caretaker to regulator of flows #corroborates (0.93)
• States have shifted from citizen welfare to regulating flows, not withered away #corroborates (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1804
• The welfare state has transformed into a policing state of flows. #corroborates (0.85) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 211
• The state is transforming from a welfare apparatus into a security apparatus. #corroborates (0.82)
• Administration has shifted from governing over mechanisms to dominating spheres of freedom. #expands (0.78)