Governing Affects - Neoliberalism, Neo-Bureaucracies, and Service Work (Paperback)

Governing Affects explores the neoliberal transformation of state governance in Europe towards affective forms of dominance exercised by customer-oriented neo-bureaucracies and public service providers. By investigating the rise of affective labour in contemporary European service societies and the conversion of state administrations into business-like public services, the authors trace the transformative power of neoliberal political thought as it is put into practice. The book examines new affective modes of subjectivation and activation of public employees, as well as their embodiment of affective requirements, to successfully guide and advise citizens. Neoliberalism induces a double agency in neo-bureaucrats: entrepreneurialism is coupled with affective skills for the purpose of governing clients in their own best interests. These competences are unevenly distributed between the genders, as their affective dispositions differ historically. Drawing on the theoretical concepts of Foucault and Bourdieu, the book offers innovative insights into recent processes of state transformation, affective subjectivation, and changes in labour relations. By combining theory building on governance with empirical research in key areas of state power, the book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in a broad range of disciplines, including political science, political sociology, and critical governance studies.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Emotions
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Otto Penz • Birgit Sauer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-208233-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-03-208233-X
Barcode:	9781032082332

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