Open co-ordination as advanced liberal government

• Published in: Journal of European public policy Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 209 - 230
• Main Author: Haahr, Jens Henrik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...