Bankspeak
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10310362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franco Moretti (0000-0002-7941-8092, corresponding author), Dominique Pestre |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 92 |
| Pages | 75-99 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New left review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6060 • E-ISSN: 2044-0480 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.64590/167 |
| OpenAlex | W4414175124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
What can quantitative linguistic analysis reveal about global institutions? From Bretton Woods to the present, the language of World Bank reports has undergone telling modulations. Moretti and Pestre track the decline of concrete referents and active verbs, the triumph of acronyms over nation-states—and irresistible rise of ‘governance’
Track (disk drive · Language and cultural evolution · National Identity and Symbolism · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal
Transparency and global resources
The World Bank’s construction of teachers and their work
Development and interdisciplinarity
A Symbolic Production of Responsible Capitalism
Une production symbolique du capitalisme responsable
Valuespeak
Recycling and expansion
Resisting the turn? The Asian Development Bank and the comeback of state capitalism
The sustainable development goals
| Citations per year | 0.9 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |