Table of Contents

1. Ties that Bind? Engaging Emotions, Governmentality and Neoliberalism: Introduction 2. Parrhēsia Today: Drone Strikes, Fearless Speech and the Contentious Politics of Security 3. The Capitalisation of ‘Excess Life’ through Life Insurance 4. Love as Project of (Im)Mobility: Love, Sovereignty and Governmentality in Marriage Migration Management Practices 5. No Good Deed Goes Unrewarded: The Values/Virtues of Transnational Volunteerism in Neoliberal Capital 6. “Retail Therapy in the Dragon’s Den”: Neoliberalism and Affective Labour in the Popular Culture of Ireland’s Financial Crisis 7. Affective Economies in the Governance of Trafficking and Sex Work in Vietnam

About the Author

Anne-Marie D’Aoust is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her research focuses on the connections between love, governmentality and security practices. Her recent publications appeared in International Political Sociology, and Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).