About the contributors -- Introduction -- Governmentality : the career of a concept / Alan McKinlay and Eric Pezet -- Locating governmentality -- Getting to the surface of things : foucault as theorist and historian of management and accounting / Keith Hoskin -- A dialogue with Foucault on power...

"This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how employees dealt with the increased...