Essays about: "liberal governmentality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words liberal governmentality.

  1. 1. Drops of knowledge : a case study of the private water market in Guayaquil, Ecuador

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Josephine Biro; [2018]
    Keywords : Tap water; privatization; concession contract; governmentality; water strategy; Guayaquil; Ecuador;

    Abstract : Many funtions like infrastructure and resource management in Latin America are governed by the state, but lately there seems to be a shift in governance in favor for private actors. One example where this is seen is in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador where a privatization of the water market has taken place by the signing of a 30 year long concession contract between the state owned authority EMAPAG-EP, La Empresa Municipal de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Guayaquil - Empresa Pública, and the private company Interagua. READ MORE

  3. 2. A case study of tourism policies around Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh : Development trough neoliberal governmentality, inclusion and or not for local communities?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Linn Liljedahl Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Satpura Tiger Reserve; tourism policies; Madhya Pradesh State Forest Department; Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation; Schedule Tribes and other forest dwellers; FRA as amended 2006; EQUATIONS;

    Abstract : This is a case study of tourism policies made around the Satpura Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, India. The purpose of this study is to analyse the state tourism policies in Madhya Pradesh. The study is divided in two parts, the first part analyses the state tourism policies using Foucault’s governmentality theory. READ MORE

  4. 3. Resilience as Governmentality: The DFID's Discourse of Resilience as a New Field of Power

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fadi Daouk; [2014]
    Keywords : resilience-discourse; the DFID; risk-management; liberal governmentality; bio-power.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relation between resilience as a discourse and governmentality. Drawing on theory by Foucault, a comparison and application of liberal governmentality will be made with contemporary resilience policy. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Power-Relations of Danida Business Partnerships in Nepal - A study in governmentality, identities and practices

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Marie Stissing Jensen; [2014]
    Keywords : Danida Business Partnerships; development; CSR; Governmentality; Friction; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Danish development policy is increasingly orienting towards the private sector and development through economic growth. Development programs are heavily influenced by a neo-liberal discourse, and they alter power-relations, identities and practices where they intervene in local contexts. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Politics of Literacy in Sweden 1949–2013 : A Governmentality Studies Perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Naomi Smedberg; [2014]
    Keywords : literacy; expertise; knowledge; government regulation; citizenship; läs- och skrivkunnighet; kunskapsteori; styrning; medborgarskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to trace examples of political rationality and governmental technologies in a selection of final reports of Swedish Public State Inquiries (SOU) where literacy and related concepts are fea-tured. I make use of the governmentality studies perspective developed by Nikolas Rose and colleagues. READ MORE