Walters, William,  1964- <br/><br/>
Governmentality :  critical encounters / 
William Walters. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2012. 
 - 188 p. ;  22 cm. 
 - Critical issues in global politics. .
 - Critical issues in global politics. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-181) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: the advance of governmentality -- Foucault, power, and governmentality: introduction; what is governmentality?; beyond the microphysics of power?; from theory of the state to genealogy of the state; history of the art of government; pastoral power; raison d'at; liberal governmentality; five propositions on foucault and governmentality -- Governmentality 3.4.7.: introduction; governmentality after Foucault; governmentality and the political sciences; some problems in governmentality -- Foucault effect redux? some notes on international governmentality studies: constellation; a few preliminary observations; problems and debates in international governmentality studies -- Reconnecting governmentality and genealogy: introduction; genealogy and governmentality; pluralizing genealogy; practicing genealogy; lines of descent: the family tree of power?; counter-memory and re-serialization; the retrieval of forgotten struggles and subjugated knowledges -- Conclusion: encountering governmentality: governmentality as a new cartography of power; from mapping to encountering; governmentality and politics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415779531 (hbk.)  RM 388.36 9780415779548 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011-048393 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 --Political and social views.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political science--Philosophy.<br/>State, The.