| ID | 094558 |
| Title Proper | Towards the global social |
| Other Title Information | sociological reflections on governance and risk in the context of the current financial crisis |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Deuchars, Robert |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article explores the relationship between contemporary forms of governance and risk. International Relations scholarship tends to locate governance within a theoretical framework derived from sovereignty. I suggest that a Foucauldian notion of 'governmentality' entails a better understanding of modes of governance, especially in so-called advanced liberal societies. In these societies, a particular form of rationality and a series of invasive techniques render individuals as objectified, classified and calculable things, in turn, making them more amenable to risk-based technologies of control. Via a survey of credit-rating, auditing, insuring and other calculative practices, I examine that ways in which governance operates as a biopolitical technology. This clears the way for thinking about governance in terms of the 'global social'. |
| `In' analytical Note | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 23, No. 1; Mar 2010: p107-125 |
| Journal Source | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 23, No. 1; Mar 2010: p107-125 |
| Key Words | Global Crisis ; Sociological Reflections ; Financial Crisis ; International Relations ; International Monetary Fund ; IMF |