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The Social in the Global: Social Theory, Governmentality and Global Politics

The Social in the Global: Social Theory, Governmentality and Global Politics

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Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Book 122

AnthropologyInternational Relations

ISBN10: 1107022908
ISBN13: 9781107022904
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 12 2012
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How do influential social ideas contribute to global governance? This book takes an original approach to international relations by looking at the way social ideas help to portray the world in a particular way. Jonathan Joseph begins by analysing the role of important concepts such as globalisation, global civil society, social capital, networks and risk; then examines the role these concepts play in the discourse of international organisations. Using the concept of governmentality, he argues that contemporary social theories help justify contemporary forms of governance. By comparing organisations like the EU and the World Bank, Joseph investigates the extent to which these ideas are influential in theory and in practice.

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