
Technologies of Government
Politics and Power in the "Information Age"
Benjamin Baez(Author)
Information Age Publishing
Published on 8. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
178 pages
978-1-62396-792-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Baez examines a series of governmental "technologies" that he believes strongly characterize our present. The technologies that he addresses in this book are information, statistics, databases, economy, and accountability. He offers arguments about the role these technologies play in contemporary politics. Specifically, Baez analyzes these technologies in terms of (the sometimes oppositional) rationalities for rendering reality thinkable, and, consequently, governable. These technologies bear on the field of education, but also exceed it. So, while issues in education frame many of the arguments in this book, the book's also has usefulness to those outside of field of education.
Specifically, Baez concludes that the governmental technologies listed above all are coopted by neoliberal rationalities rendering our lives thinkable and governable through an array of devices for the management of risk, using the model of the economy, and heavily investing in the uses of information, statistics, databases, and oversight mechanisms associated with accountability. Baez leaves readers with more questions than they might have had prior to reading the book, so that they may re-imagine their own present and future and thus their own forms of self-government.
Specifically, Baez concludes that the governmental technologies listed above all are coopted by neoliberal rationalities rendering our lives thinkable and governable through an array of devices for the management of risk, using the model of the economy, and heavily investing in the uses of information, statistics, databases, and oversight mechanisms associated with accountability. Baez leaves readers with more questions than they might have had prior to reading the book, so that they may re-imagine their own present and future and thus their own forms of self-government.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Charlotte
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62396-792-5 (9781623967925)
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Person
Benjamin Baez, Florida International University, USA
Content
Foreword.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Govern-Mentalities.
Chapter 2. Info-Notions.
Chapter 3. Statistics.
Chapter 4. Database.
Chapter 5. Economy.
Chapter 6. Accountability.
References
About the Author.
Preface.
Chapter 1. Govern-Mentalities.
Chapter 2. Info-Notions.
Chapter 3. Statistics.
Chapter 4. Database.
Chapter 5. Economy.
Chapter 6. Accountability.
References
About the Author.