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Book SynopsisIn Governing Practices, Michelle Brady and Randy Lippert bring together prominent scholars in sociology, criminology, anthropology, geography, and policy studies to extend and refine the current conversation about neoliberalism.
Table of ContentsFigures Contributors * Neoliberalism, Governmental Assemblages and the Ethnographic Imaginary Michelle Brady Part 1: Neoliberal subjectivities? Examining Resilience, Investment and Enterprise * Creating Resilient Subjects: The Coexist project Wendy Larner and Simon Moreton * Governing through Community in the Oil Sands Zone Sara Dorow * Fixing Non-market Subjects: Governing land and population in the global south Tania Murray Li Part 2: Neoliberal Technologies and Politics * Governing Emergent Technologies: Nanopower and nanopolitics. An ethnographic approach Rob Shields * Neoliberal Numbers: Calculation and hybridization in Australian and Canadian official statistics Cosmo Howard * Governing through Land: Neoliberal governmentalities in the British Columbia treaty process Akin Akinwumi and Nicholas Blomley Part 3: Neoliberal cities? Police and Ad Hoc Governance * Urban Neoliberalism, Police and the Governance of Condo Life Randy K. Lippert * Ad hoc Governance: Public authorities and North American local infrastructure in historical perspective Mariana Valverde Part 4: Neoliberal Welfare and Philanthropy * Governing through Failure: Neoliberalism, philanthropy and education reform in Seattle Katharyne Mitchell and Chris Lizotte * Exploring the Complexity and Contradictions of Poverty Governance: The case of pay-day lending in Australia Greg Marston * Governmentalities, the Ethnographic Imaginary and Beyond Randy K. Lippert and Michelle Brady
