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The Globality of Governmentality: Governing an Entangled World

Introduction The State of Affairs: The Governmentality Debate in IR Governmentality and IR – The Field of International Governmentality Studies From International Governmentality Studies to the Globality of Governmentality Governmentality and Globality: How Can We Make Use of Governmentality in the Study of World Politics?The Need for Global Governmentality Redux Outline of the Volume Acknowledgments Notes References I Governing Thought Global Governmentality and Foucault’s Toolbox: Reflections On International Politics As a Social System and Field of Power Relations Introduction International Politics As a Social System and Field of Power Relations Load: Global Governmentality and Foucault’s Toolbox Re-Load: Taking Global Governmentality to the Theories-Of-Modern-Society Theories-Of-Modern-Society-Diy-Store Conclusion Notes References Variations of Governmentality Across the Globe: The Case of Resilience Introduction Liberal Governmentality in Wider Context The Dominant Form of Global Governmentality Varieties of Resilience and Global Governmentality Conclusion Notes References Inter-Governmentality: A Framework For Analysis Introduction Governmentality Between, Above and Beyond Concepts of the Past The Possibilities of Inter-Governmentality Analyzing Regimes of Inter-Governmentality Conclusion Notes References Sovereignty and Sovereign Powers in Global Governmentality Introduction The Attractiveness and Dangers of an Empty Concept The Co-Constitutive Inside/outside Population(s) and Civil Society in the International Realm Globality and Anthropocene and the Old Ghost Conclusions References Exploring Agency and Resistance in the Context of Global Entanglements Introduction Quantum, Complexity, Resilience: Governmentality in the Context of Nonlinear Causation Exploring Governmental Practices in the Context of Uncertainty: Manipulating the Circulation of Ideas Or Promoting Institutionalization?Micropolitics, Circulation, Intra-Agential Ethos: Exploring Possibilities For Counter Conduct and Resistance Conclusions Notes References II Governing Practice Governmentality, Authoritarianism, or Capitalist Realism?: Explaining Austerity With Foucauldian Political Economy Introduction Austerity As Neoliberal Governmentality?Austerity As Authoritarian Neoliberalism?Austerity As Confessional Capitalism?Conclusion Notes References Gender, Global Governance, and the Limits of Expertise On Women: A Feminist Critique of Postconflict Statebuilding1 Introduction Governing Gender On a Global Scale: The Rise of Feminist Knowledge From Women’s Knowledge to Gender Expertise Gender and Statebuilding: “Building States That Work For Women”?A Feminist Critique of Postconflict Statebuilding Conclusion: On Agency, Voice, and Resistance References Crisis, Post-Neoliberal Global Governmentality and Brics’ Deconstructive Signature of Power Introduction Crisis and the Signature of Power Riding the Crisis of Neoliberalism: Towards (State) Governmentality and a (Nonstate) Sovereign-Multipolar Nomos Crisis, Governmentality, and Multipolarity in Brics Discourse BRICS Governmentality and Multipolarity “Deconstructed”Conclusion: Crisis, “Statist” Governmentality, and “Glorified” Multipolarity Notes References Governmentality of the Arctic as an International Region Introduction The Current Situation in the Arctic Governmentality and Regionalism Facets of Arctic Governmentality Shaping a Region and Making a Regional Space Governable Knowledge Production, Normalization, and Security Unleashing Economic Potential and Circulation Biopolitics Concluding Thoughts Notes References Conclusion: How We Should, and How We Should Not, Widen the Scope of Governmentality Studies1 Introduction Governmentality Versus Foundationalism Scaling-up Compatible Approaches Conclusion Notes References

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