Studying the Agency of Being Governed

Stina Hansson is a University Lecturer in Peace and Development Research in the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, SwedenSofie Hellberg is a University Lecturer and a PhD candidate in Peace and Development Research in the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, SwedenMaria Stern is Professor of Peace and Development Research in the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden

• PART I, 1. Introduction, Maria Stern, Sofie Hellberg and Stina Hansson 2. Power, freedom and the agency of being governed, Stina Hansson and Sofie Hellberg 3. The artist of not being governed: The emergence of the political subject, Sergei Prozorov PART II 4. Studying provocations: the researcher’s care for what exists, Vikki Bell 5. Avoiding the ‘killing’ of lives: representations in academia and fiction, Christine Sylvester, 6. Institutional validation and the agency of the researcher, Gayatri Spivak 7. How to study power and collective agency: social movements and the politics of international aid, Håkan Thörn PART III, 8. Studying reform of/in/by the National Armed Forces in the DRC, Maria Stern and Maria Eriksson Baaz 8. Analysing responsibilisation in the context of development cooperation, Stina Hansson 9. From ‘Squaddie’ to ‘Bodyguard’: Towards a Remilitarised Agency?, Paul Higate 10. Studying the governing of lives through bio-narratives, Sofie Hellberg 11. Conclusion, Stina Hansson and Sofie Hellberg

"This is a welcome contribution shedding much light on how issues such as agency and resistance can be dealt with in governmentality studies – a field in which it is fair to say that such issues, even if not wholly neglected, have long been viewed primarily as objects to be regulated or governed. (...) All in all, this is a stimulating book both theoretically and methodologically and should be of interest to all who are interested either in governmentality studies or larger issues of agency and resistance."- Carl Cassega°rd, University of Gothenburg