GoverningthePresent

Theliteratureongovernmentalityhashadamajorimpactacrossthesocialsciencesoverthepastdecade,andmuchofthishasdrawnuponthepioneeringworkbyPeterMillerandNikolasRose.Thisvolumewillbringtogetherkeypapersfromtheirworkforthefirsttime,includingthosethatsetoutthebasicframeworks,conceptsandethosofthisapproachtotheanalysisofpoliticalpowerandthestate,andothersthatanalysespecificdomainsoftheconductofconduct,frommarketingtoaccountancy,andfromthepsychologicalmanagementoforganizationstothegovernmentofeconomiclife.Bringingtogetherempiricalpapersonthegovernmentofeconomic,socialandpersonallife,thevolumedemonstratesclearlytheimportanceofanalysingtheseasconjointphenomenaratherthanseparatedomains,andquestionssomecherishedboundariesbetweendisciplinesandtopicareas.Linkingprogrammesandstrategiesfortheadministrationofthesedifferentdomainswiththeformationofsubjectivitiesandthetransformationofethics,thepaperscastanewlightonsomeoftheleadingissuesincontemporarysocialsciencemodernity,democracy,reflexivityandindividualisation.Thisvolumewillbeindispensableforallthose,fromwhateverdisciplineinthesocialsciences,whohaveaninterestintheconceptsandmethodsnecessaryforcriticalempiricalanalysisofpowerrelationsinourpresent.