Resilience as Governmentality: The DFID's Discourse of Resilience as a New Field of Power
(2014) STVK12 20141Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relation between resilience as a discourse and governmentality. Drawing on theory by Foucault, a comparison and application of liberal governmentality will be made with contemporary resilience policy. The DFID, a global leader in resilience-building, will serve as a case to show in what ways power-relations are embedded within the organisation’s discourse. In doing so, I am interrogating the nature of resilience. Moreover, a Foucauldian discourse analysis will demonstrate how ideology and political interests are invested in resilience, which otherwise is presented as a normative referent to sustainable change. My theory and method will, hence, bring together a counter-narrative of... (More)
- The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relation between resilience as a discourse and governmentality. Drawing on theory by Foucault, a comparison and application of liberal governmentality will be made with contemporary resilience policy. The DFID, a global leader in resilience-building, will serve as a case to show in what ways power-relations are embedded within the organisation’s discourse. In doing so, I am interrogating the nature of resilience. Moreover, a Foucauldian discourse analysis will demonstrate how ideology and political interests are invested in resilience, which otherwise is presented as a normative referent to sustainable change. My theory and method will, hence, bring together a counter-narrative of resilience. Because this paper adopts a critical perspective, my interpretations of resilience will point to concepts such as bio-power, how it gives meaning to resilience as a term, and how it renders populations amenable to calculated intervention. Based on this, emphasis will be put on reading language and knowledge as aspects of power. Together, they shape a wider discourse of resilience that can be understood as a modern governmentality operating within liberal frameworks. (Less)
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- Daouk, Fadi LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK12 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- resilience-discourse, the DFID, risk-management, liberal governmentality, bio-power.
- language
- English
- id
- 4451482
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- 2014-06-18 12:17:25
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@misc{4451482, abstract = {{The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relation between resilience as a discourse and governmentality. Drawing on theory by Foucault, a comparison and application of liberal governmentality will be made with contemporary resilience policy. The DFID, a global leader in resilience-building, will serve as a case to show in what ways power-relations are embedded within the organisation’s discourse. In doing so, I am interrogating the nature of resilience. Moreover, a Foucauldian discourse analysis will demonstrate how ideology and political interests are invested in resilience, which otherwise is presented as a normative referent to sustainable change. My theory and method will, hence, bring together a counter-narrative of resilience. Because this paper adopts a critical perspective, my interpretations of resilience will point to concepts such as bio-power, how it gives meaning to resilience as a term, and how it renders populations amenable to calculated intervention. Based on this, emphasis will be put on reading language and knowledge as aspects of power. Together, they shape a wider discourse of resilience that can be understood as a modern governmentality operating within liberal frameworks.}}, author = {{Daouk, Fadi}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Resilience as Governmentality: The DFID's Discourse of Resilience as a New Field of Power}}, year = {{2014}}, }