Smooth Machinery

Global Governmentality and Civil Society HIV/Aids Work in Rwanda

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12716319
AutoresBeniamin Knutsson (0000-0001-5516-6532, University of Gothenburg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen11
Número6
Páginas793-807
Fecha de publicación2014-05-13
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobalizations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14747731.2014.916555
OpenAlexW2069800363
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas33

In recent years there has been a massive influx of aid to civil society HIV/AIDS work in Africa. Drawing on fieldwork in Rwanda, this article explores, through a governmentality perspective, the rationalities and technologies of government that accompany the new funding schemes. The paper feeds into contemporary debates on the relevance of governmentality studies in Africa and on the complicated relationship between state, civil society, and international donors in the particular context of Rwanda. Despite the country's known record of authoritarian politics, the paper argues that Rwandan civil society organizations are in fact largely subject to advanced liberal rule, rendering them responsible and active in their own government. This global governmentality, in turn, unfolds through a post-political machinery that effectively blurs boundaries between international donor, state, and civil society institutions. Ultimately, this means that researchers interested in resistance must be prepared to extend their visual field considerably

Authoritarianism · Civil society · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Governmentality · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · International Development and Aid · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Public Administration · Sex work and related issues