The Social in the Global

Jonathan Joseph is Reader in Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. His areas of research span politics, international relations, social theory and philosophy of social science.

• Part I. Governmentality and Social Theory: 1. Introduction: social theory, governmentality and global politics; 2. Putting governmentality in its place; 3. Globalisation, global governance and global civil society; 4. Networks, governance and social capital; 5. Reflexivity, knowledge and risk; Part II. Governmentality and International Organisations: 6. Governmentality in the European Union; 7. Global governmentality and the World Bank; 8. Conclusion.

'In this outstanding monograph Jonathan Joseph employs a Marxist reading of Foucault's notion of governmentality to interrogate notions of global governance, civil society, networks, social capital and other recent imports into international relations from social theory. Apart from the clear and thoughtful exposition of these theoretical notions, what distinguishes this book is the very insightful application of these notions to actual institutions, the European Union and the World Bank. Very highly recommended!' Chris Brown, London School of Economics and Political Science