Governmentality: Critical Encounters

This text provides senior undergraduates and graduate students with an accessible but challenging introduction to the debate on "governmentality" and the continued relevance of this body of work for the study of global politics. Governmentality is one of Michel Foucault's most influential ideas and this book provides a thorough grounding in the conceptual history of governmentality, the key debates and some key case studies which illustrate the wider issues. The text also demonstrates how a nuanced understanding of governmentality can allow researchers to develop in productive new directions.