Description
Book SynopsisThis accessible but theoretically sophisticated volume reveals how neoliberalism as both an economic project and a broader political approach has come to govern our daily lives, our understanding of the world we live in, and even how we think about ourselves.
Table of ContentsIntroduction / Deborah R. Brock
Part 1: Governing Subjects, Communities, and Cultures
1 Governing Lives Worth Living: The Neoliberal Biopolitics of Disability / Kelly Fritsch
2 The Governmentality of Gay Rights: Queer Love in Neoliberal Times / Suzanne Lenon
3 Governing Cultures, Making Multicultural Subjects / Xiaobei Chen
4 Aboriginal Community Research: Government and Neoliberal Self-Determination / Daniel Huizenga and Rosemary J. Coombe
Part 2: Governing Responsibility
5 Calculating Normative Literacy, Constituting Human Capital / Tannis Atkinson
6 “Engines of Change?” Hybrid Cars, Hybrid Rationalities, and Neoliberal Environmentalism / Nicole Van Lier
7 The lululemon Manifesto: Dance, Sing, Floss, and Self-Govern / Kristin Lozanski and Christine Lavrence
8 Being Reasonable: Risk, Fear, and Specialized Peace Bonds / Mark D. Doerkson
Part 3: Governing (In)Security
9 Governing Uncertainty: Resilience and the Biopolitics of Security / Philip J. Boyle and Marcia Oliver
10 Governing through Sacrifice: Militarization, Commemoration, and Canadian Identity / Bianca Baggiarini
11 Regulating Immigrants and Managing Populations: Probationary Status and Conditionality / David Moffette
12 “Come Out and Be Free!”: Coming Out and the (International) Government of Sexualities / Azar Masoumi
Conclusion
Index
