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Governing through Global Networks

Knowledge Mobilities and Participatory Development

Suzan Ilcan

University of Windsor, silcan{at}uwindsor.ca

Lynne Phillips

University of Windsor, lynnep{at}uwindsor.ca

This article moves beyond the `network society' thesis to provide an analysis of select global organizations and their global knowledge networks in the field of development. Drawing on the work of contemporary theorists of governmentality, the authors argue that global knowledge networks facilitate the movement of knowledge across space and time, and adjoin particular principles as a means of governing. These networks operate as mobile technologies of government, and seek to manage the objects of development, prescribe proper conduct and cultivate active agents and citizens through participatory development activities. The authors' claims are based on extensive policy documents, reports, network-based development programmes affiliated with specific global organizations and interviews conducted with United Nations policy and research personnel.

Key Words: development • global networks • governmentality • knowledge mobilities • United Nations

Current Sociology, Vol. 56, No. 5, 711-734 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0011392108093832
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