1. Green governmentality: insights and opportunities in the study of nature's rule.
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Rutherford, Stephanie
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POLITICAL science , *GOVERNMENTALITY , *ENVIRONMENTALISM , *NATURE , *BIOPOLITICS (Sociobiology) , *POLITICAL geography , *HUMAN geography , *EFFECT of environment on human beings , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy - Abstract
This article seeks to unpack notions of governmentality by reading it through the case of nature. By highlighting three key aspects of governmentality - its analytics of power, biopolitics, and technologies of the self - I argue that this approach presents a promising theoretical trend for those who study nature and its rule. However, there have been critiques leveled at this approach which must be considered. Using examples drawn from human/non-human interactions, I explore how the governmentality literature needs to be made more complex and attune to difference. In the final analysis, I argue that the concept of governmentality is not only an effective tool for geographers, but that geography provides a particularly insightful lens with its attention to spatiality, scale, territory and human/non-human relations that enrich the analysis of the making of governable spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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