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1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Series |
Interventions |
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Interventions (Routledge (Firm))
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Studying the agency of being governed? An introduction; Why this book?; Mixing, matching and moving governmentality studies: methodology in focus; Studying governmentality? Floundering and flummoxed with Foucault; A gap?; Addressing and apprehending agency?; Methodology: mechanized, mystical maps?; Notes; References; Part I: Theoretical Explorations; 2. Power, freedom and the agency of being governed; Introduction; Power; Technologies of the self |
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Freedom and 'the agency of being governed'Notes; References; 3. The artist of not being governed: the emergence of the political subject; Introduction; The inexistent; Dis-identification; (Wo)man of the world, reactive and obscure; As not; The subject's Stimmung; Notes; References; Part II: Interviews; 4. Studying provocations: the researcher's care for what exists; Notes; References; 5. Avoiding the 'killing' of lives: representations in academia and fiction; Notes; References; 6. Institutional validation and the agency of the researcher; Notes; References |
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7. How to study power and collective agency: social movements and the politics of international development aidNotes; References; Part III: Empirical confrontations; 8. Studying reform of/in/by the national armed forces in the DRC; Introduction; Reforming the national armed forces (FARDC) in the DRC; Methodology revisited; Governing the researcher self/the researcher self as governing; Notes; References; 9. Analysing responsibilization in the context of development cooperation; Introduction; The analytical framework; Making claims about effects of power; The interview as a process of becoming |
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Concluding commentsNotes; References; 10. From 'squaddie' to 'bodyguard': towards a remilitarized agency?; Introduction; Background: armed close protection officers; Theoretical context: agency and the military; Thwarted field research: administrators need not apply!; Methodological reflections: studying the embodied agency of the governed; Discussion: freedom and the seduction of remilitarization; Concluding comments; Notes; References; 11. Studying the governing of lives through bio-narratives; Introduction; Developing a theoretical framework: understanding water management as biopolitical |
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Conducting fieldworkAnalysing the stories; Concluding comments; Notes; References; 12. Conclusion; Afterword: the art of not being governed so much; References; Index |
| Summary |
"This edited volume seeks to provide guidance on how we can approach questions of governing and agency--particularly those who endeavour to embark on grounded empirical research--by rendering explicit some key challenges, tensions, dilemmas, and confluences that such endeavours elicit. Indeed, the contributions in this volume reflect the growing tendency in governmentality studies to shift focus to empirically grounded studies. The volume thus explicitly aims to move from theory to practice, and to step back from the more top-down governmentality studies approach to one that examines how one can/does study how relations of power affect lives, experience and agency. This book offers insight into the intricate relations between the workings of governing and (the possibility for) people's agency on the one hand, and about the possible effects of our attempts to engage in such studies on the other. In numerous ways, and from different starting points, the contributions to this volume provide thoughtful insights into, and creative suggestions for, how to work with the methodological challenges of studying the agency of being governed. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, global governance and research methods"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed September 23, 2014) |
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Political sociology
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Research
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Agent (Philosophy)
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Political science -- Philosophy
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Political science -- Research
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Political sociology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hansson, Stina
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Hellberg, Sofie
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Stern, Maria
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| ISBN |
9781317624493 |
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1317624491 |
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9781315754567 |
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1315754568 |
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0415623677 |
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9780415623674 |
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