The rise of governance since 1990: the capable state, poverty reduction and ‘inclusive’ neoliberalism GOVERNING THE NEW WORLD (LIBERAL) ORDER, AND ITS

The triumph of Liberalism represented by the fall of the Berlin Wall and talk of the ‘end of ideology’ contained the usual ironies of hegemonic Liberal governance: ideology is never so ideological as when it is seen as natural, consensual and merely technical matter. As we will show in this chapter, the great achievement of the Liberal project over the 1990s was precisely the forging and embedding of an ideological, political and technical consensus both globally and with governing regimes in key developing countries.