1st Edition

Security and Global Governmentality Globalization, Governance and the State

Edited By Miguel de Larrinaga, Marc G. Doucet Copyright 2010
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines global governance through Foucaultian notions of governmentality and security, as well as the complex intersections between the two. The volume explores how Foucault's understanding of the general economy of power in modern society allows us to consider the connection of two broad possible dynamics: the global governmentalization of security and the securitization of... Read more

Introduction: The Global Governmentalization of Security and the Securitization of Global Governance Miguel de Larrinaga and Marc G. Doucet  Part 1: Historical Treatments and Critical Readings  1. European Diplomacy and the Origins of Governmentality Kevin McMillan  2. Governing Circulation: A Critique of the Biopolitics of Security Claudia Aradau and Tobias Blanke  Part 2: Global Governmentality and Global War  3. Neoliberal Political Economy and the Iraq War: A Contribution to the Debate about Global Biopolitics Nicholas J. Kiersey  4. The New Frontiers of the National Security State: The US Global Governmentality of Contingency David Grondin  5. Governmentality, Sovereign Power, and Intervention: Security Council Resolutions and the Invasion of Iraq Miguel de Larrinaga and Marc G. Doucet  Part 3: Securitizing Global Governance: Contemporary Cases  6. Circulation of Desire: The Security Governance of the International "Mail-Order Brides" Industry Anne-Marie D’Aoust  7. Governmentalizing the State: The Disciplining Logic of Human Security Nadine Voelkner  8. Thinking Locally, Acting Globally: The Governmentalization-Securitization Interplay in Recent Advanced-Liberal Peace Machinery Nik Hynek

Biography

Miguel de Larrinaga is Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa where he has been teaching since 2002.

Marc G. Doucet is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Saint Mary’s University.