Dictionary

responsibilization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹɪˌspɒn.sə.bɪl.ɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹɪˌspɑn.sə.bɪl.ɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From responsibilize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Transfer of responsibility from higher authorities to communities or individuals who are then called on to take an active role in resolving their own problems.
   • Responsibilization is not an inherent entailment of devolution; there are decidedly more empowering and more democratic potentials for devolved decision making. 2015, Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution, →ISBN, page 134:
   • Responsibilization strategies involve a series of new techniques and methods "whereby the state seeks to bring about action on the part of private agencies and individuals - either by stimulating new forms of behaviour or by stopping established habits" (emphasis in the original). 2001, Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Punishment in Disguise, →ISBN:
   • While responsibilization has become closely associated with neo-liberalism, with its inducement that individuals become entrepreneurs, it should be noted that responsibilization played a significant role in other historical periods. 2003, Richard Victor Ericson, Aaron Doyle, Risk and Morality, →ISBN, page 189:

Forms

Relateds

responsibilize

Translations (6)

es responsabilización (Translations) · gl responsabilización (Translations) · pt responsabilização (Translations) · fr responsabilisation (Translations) · it responsabilizzazione (Translations) · ca responsabilització (Translations)