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Book Review: Imperial nature: the World Bank and struggles for social justice in the age of globalization

increasingly competitive lending market and or further ‘security driven walls and exclusion’ of those already excluded (p. 256). Thankfully, Craig and Porter also give some thought to what we can do here and now in their concluding discussion of accountabilities. Specifically, they add to the pillars of opportunity, empowerment and security additional measures necessary for greater ‘technical and political accountabilities’. These include, the need to consider the global distribution of opportunity, realize the costs of governance, strengthen accountability of donors, reterritorialize accountability frames to aid local intervention and to repoliticize poverty (p. 258). While densely written and littered with abbreviations, this book is a thought-provoking and enjoyable read, revealing the passion and concern these authors feel for our world. For instance, neoliberalism is described as ‘slippery’ and the state starving and bloated ‘its belly distended, its arms and legs feeble’ (p. 8). Despite the personal costs and disenchantment from unveiling such harsh realities, Craig and Porter call for others to join them as whistle-blowers of liberal ‘sentiment . . . formalisms, blind spots and travelling bullshits’(p. 274). This book does indeed give neoliberalism an identity crisis, however, rather than appearing frail and contingent, situated in this grander story the explanatory power of liberalism reaches new heights. Thus, somewhat ironically, while Craig and Porter interrogate the language of joined-up governance, this book similarly joins up an array of governing rationalities and technologies in the boarder trajectory of liberalism.