Governmentality after Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism has had a major impact on public policy, but it has also perhaps obscured the equally dramatic spread of other policy tools based on significantly different forms of social science.
This book therefore explores the mixture of social technologies that have arisen since neoliberalism, sometimes alongside and sometimes in conflict with it, but generally as attempts to address problems created by the market reforms of a high neoliberalism. These have included attempts to spread networks, joining up, and long-term partnerships; and to build state capacity, social capital, and resilient communities. Thematically, each chapter is defined by its engagement with governmentality, specifically challenging governmentality theory to pay more attention to practices. The book also develops a complex and variegated account of neoliberalism and its afterlife as chapters highlight the different ways in which a range of market mechanisms and other technologies now coexist in different policy areas. Finally, the book moves beyond abstract discussions of both governmentality and neoliberalism to concrete demonstrations of this approach in action.
This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of governance, public policy, and governmentality theory and more broadly to British politics, social policy, and sociology.
Mark Bevir is a professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and professor of governance at the United Nations University, MERIT, The Netherlands. He is the author of various books including The Making of British Socialism (2011), Governance: A Very Short Introduction (2012), and A Theory of Governance (2013).
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Governmentality after Neoliberalism
Edited by Mark Bevir
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Contents
MARK BEVIR
PHIL ALLMENDINGER
DANNY MACKINNON
TERRY MARSDEN
EDWARD BARRATT
CATHERINE NEEDHAM
KIM McKEE
JUSTIN WARING AND GRAHAM MARTIN
SIMIN DAVOUDI
JONATHAN JOSEPH
BAL SOKHI-BULLEY
Phil Allmendinger is professor of land economy and head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
Edward Barratt is a senior lecturer in management at Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK. His current research interests concern the history of the British Civil Service, British conservatism and public sector reform, the history of critical management studies, and the ethics of human resource management.
Mark Bevir is a professor of political science and the director of British studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and professor of governance at the United Nations University, MERIT.
Simin Davoudi is professor of environmental policy and planning at the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, and associate director of the Institute of Sustainability at Newcastle University.
Jonathan Joseph is professor of international relations at the University of Sheffield.
Kim McKee is a senior lecturer and director of the Centre for Housing Research at the University of St Andrews.
Terry Marsden is director of the Sustainable Places Research Institute at Cardiff University.
Danny MacKinnon is professor of regional development and governance at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University.
Graham Martin is professor of health organisation and policy in the Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) Group, Department of Health Sciences, at the University of Leicester.
