1st Edition

Global Governmentality Governing International Spaces

Edited By Wendy Larner, William Walters Copyright 2004
276 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

Foucault's thoughts on governmentality have made a significant impact on the studies of power and governance in modern societies. However, most studies of governmentality confine themselves to the exploration of power within nation-states. Global Governmentality extends Foucault's political thought towards international studies, exploring the governance of the global, the international, the... Read more
Introduction: Global Governmentality - Wendy Larner and William Walters Part I - Rethinking Key Concepts1. Liberalism - What's in a Name? Barry Hindess2. Nomos and the Politics of World Order - Mitchell Dean3. Global Networks, International Networks, Actor Networks - Gavin Kendall4. The Security of Governance - Michael DillonPart II - Problems, Practices, Assemblages, Regimes5. Governing through the Social: Representations of Poverty and Global Governmentality - Cristina Rojas6. The International Government of Refugees - Robyn Lui7. The Clash of Governmentalities: Displacement and Return in Bosnia-Herzegovina - Gearóid Ó Tuathail and Carl Dahlman8. The Political Rationality of European Integration - William Walters9. Forms of Governance, Governmentality and the EU's Open Method of Coordination - Roger Dale10. Ethical Capitalism - Andrew Barry11. Global Benchmarking: Particpating 'at a distance' in the Globalizing Economy - Wendy Larner and Richard Le Heron12. Insecurity and the Dream of Targeted Governance - Mariana Valverde and Michael Mopas

Biography

Wendy Larner is a senior lecturer in Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her reseach interests are in areas of globalization, governance and gender. William Walters is Associate professor in Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa. His current work explores questions of citizenship, borders and im/mobility in the context of European integration.