Miguel de Larrinaga (University of Ottaw Marc G. Doucet (Saint Mary's University,
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 global governance. If Foucault's work on governmentality and security has found resonance in IR scholarship in recent years it is in large part due to his understandingã of how these forms of power...
This book examines global governance through Foucaultian notions of governmentality and security, as well as the complex intersections between the two...