The transformation(s) of public power: the rise of conditionality

With Antonia Baraggia

The monopoly of coercive public power has traditionally distinguished the State from other forms of political organization. Today we are witnessing a radical mutation of the such a paradigm: an increasingly stronger supranational space has come to encapsulate national institutions, challenging the State’s monopoly of coercion and fostering the creation of different tools of governance. The rise of conditionality is one of the most interesting, although still undertheorized, phenomena related to ongoing transformations of the public sphere.