ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in this book. The book argues that aspects of risk should be incorporated into the study of world affairs in general, and International Political Economy (IPE) in particular. It demonstrates that a clearer understanding of risk has implications for a better comprehension of the capitalist political economy, the states system, the dominance of individualism, the perpetuation of the global class system, the evolution of world norms, and global rationalist culture. The book also argues that risk is deeply implicated in 'making people', through a multitude of risk-based techniques. It shows that a reading of the genealogy of risk can shed much light on western modernity and its principal doctrine, rationalism. The book suggests that the neglect of soft evidence was directly related to the dominance of the 'calculative regimes' which articulate rationalist objectivism. The book includes some anecdotal evidence from author's personal experience as a technical risk specialist.
