Open co-ordination as advanced liberal government

This article applies a Foucauldian analytics of government to recent developments in the European Union (EU), focusing particularly on open methods of co-ordination (OMCs) in the EU. It argues that in the perspective of an analytics of government, the open method of co-ordination can fruitfully be u...

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Published inJournal of European public policy Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 209 - 230
Main Author Haahr, Jens Henrik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2004
Subjects
Europe
European Union
Foucault, Michel
Governance
Government
Governmentality
Liberalism
Policy co-ordination
Policy Making
Policy studies
Political Integration
Political Systems
Power
Rationality
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Summary:This article applies a Foucauldian analytics of government to recent developments in the European Union (EU), focusing particularly on open methods of co-ordination (OMCs) in the EU. It argues that in the perspective of an analytics of government, the open method of co-ordination can fruitfully be understood as "advanced liberal government", a particular conceptualization of government constituted of "practices of liberty". These practices continuously presuppose, depend on and enable their subjects - in the case of the OMC most often the relevant national government agencies. At the same time, however, they shape and reshape them. There is thus a dual nature to the open method which is typical of advanced liberal government: the method enables and opens up new possibilities for its subjects and at the same time restrains these subjects as they are subjected to a certain calculative and disciplinary regime. (Original abstract)
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ISSN:1350-1763
1466-4429
DOI:10.1080/1350176042000194403