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id	eprints-21214
recordtype	eprints
institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	Through combining insights from political economy and sociology, this article explains the early genesis of the policy notion of governance in relation to ideological changes in capitalism. Such an approach has tended to be neglected in existing conceptual histories, in the process, undermining a sharper politicization of the term and how it became normalized. The argument dissects how the emergence of governance can be understood in light of a relationship between political crises, social critique and justificatory arguments (centered around security and justice claims) that form part of an ideological ‘spirit of capitalism’. Through a distinctive comparison between the creation of ‘corporate governance’ in the 1970s and the formulation of a ‘governance agenda’ by the World Bank from the 1980s, the article elucidates how the concept, within certain policy uses, but by no means all, can reflect and help constitute a neoliberal spirit of capitalism.
format	Journal Article
author	Eagleton-Pierce, Matthew
author_facet	Eagleton-Pierce, Matthew
authorStr	Eagleton-Pierce, Matthew
author_letter	Eagleton-Pierce, Matthew
title	The Concept of Governance in the Spirit of Capitalism
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2014
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/21214/