Governing Affects
Language: English
Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB, 2021
Series: Book 5 of 7 - Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Emotions
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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.…
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- Title
- Governing Affects
- Author
- Otto Penz, Birgit Sauer
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd, GB
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 103208233X
- ISBN 13
- 9781032082332
- Item weight
- 340 grams
- Series
- Book 5 of 7: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Emotions
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.
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About the Author
Otto Penz is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna. His research interests include political sociology and sociology of the body. He is the author of numerous books, one recently with Birgit Sauer: Affektives Kapital: Die Ökonomisierung der Gefühle im Arbeitsleben, 2016.
Birgit Sauer is a Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna. Her research interests include gender and politics, gender, right-wing populism, and affect. One of her recent publications is the edited volume, with Mojca Pajnik: Populism and the Web: Communicative Practices of Parties and Movements in Europe, 2017.
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