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Governmentality

Governmentality meaning

The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.

Example sentences (4)

One might point to masking and social distancing as instances of what Foucault meant by his notion of governmentality.

Therefore, reforming the RBZ to operate with some degree of functional and governmentality independence with limited political interference provides an antidote for bringing confidence in the banking sector in Zimbabwe.

Governance, Governmentality and Governability: Constraints and Possibilities of Decentralization in South Asia.

Many see the importance of Foucault's work as in its synthesis of this social/historical account of the operations of power (see governmentality ).