In Discreet Power, Christina Garsten and Adrienne Soerbom undertake
an ethnographic study of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Accessing
one of the primary agenda-setting organizations of our day, they
draw on interviews and participant observation to examine how the
WEF wields its influence. They situate the WEF within an emerging
system of "discretionary governance," in which actors craft ideas
and entice formal authorities and top leaders in order to garner
significant sway. Yet in spite of its image as a powerful,
exclusive brain trust, the WEF has no formal mandate to implement
its positions. It must convince others to advance chosen causes and
enact suggestions, rendering its position quite fragile. Garsten
and Soerbom argue that the WEF must be viewed relationally as a
brokering organization that lives between the market and political
spheres and that extends its reach through associated individuals
and groups.They place the WEF in the context of a broader shift,
arguing that while this type of governance opens up novel ways of
dealing with urgent global problems, it challenges core democratic
values.
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