Abstract

OCAMPO-SALAZAR, Carmen Alejandra  and  CARDONA, Juan David. THE FIFTH DIMENSION OF POWER: ANALYTICS OF GOVERNMENTAL IN ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES. CASE STUDY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA. Innovar [online]. 2021, vol.31, n.79, pp.117-132.  Epub Feb 18, 2021. ISSN 0121-5051.  https://doi.org/10.15446/innovar.v31n79.91897.

This work proposes a fifth dimension of power based on the analysis of governmentality in organizational studies. After a literature review on the topic, we addressed a qualitative case study focused on four government programs of the municipality of Medellín: Medellín Solidaria, Planeación Local y Presupuesto Participativo, Medellín a la U, and Banco de los Pobres/Oportunidades. The data was collected from institutional documents and interviews with the managers of these programs and some of their users. Data analysis adopted a Foucauldian perspective of critical discourse analysis. The results show the deployment of neoliberal governance practices in this municipal entity, analytics of government power in the programs under study, and the construction of various subjectivities. In this sense, this work not only seeks to introduce a theoretical element but also a comprehensive analysis of such input -based on an empirical case- in order to contribute to the discussion on the dimensions of power.

Keywords : Organizational studies; Foucault; neoliberal government; governmentality; Medellín; power.

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