Governance, depoliticization, and nuclear power in Britain and the United States

Keith Baker

Policy Studies, 2022, vol. 43, issue 2, 296-311

Abstract: Governance is a form of statecraft used to work through networks. A complementary perspective to governance is depoliticization which considers statecraft under neoliberalism. This article argues that depoliticization is a way of practicing governance. Depoliticization techniques can be understood as institutional, societal, or discursive and each technique is associated with a particular style of governance. Case studies of government efforts to revive nuclear power in Britain and the United States [US] through governance are used to consider the argument and extend the literature on depoliticization. Evidence is presented that a failure to realize policy goals through governance may be due to the use of inappropriate techniques of depoliticization.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2019.1665643

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