Anti-Politics as Political Strategy
Neoliberalism and Transfrontier Conservation in Southern Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3885308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bram Büscher (0000-0001-8902-1745, Conservation International, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-51 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01621.x |
| OpenAlex | W2046911959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 85 |
| References cited | 27 |
Studies on conservation and development often point out that interventions rely on anti-political manoeuvring to acquire legitimacy and support. Recent 'aidnography', in particular, has done much to expand and add nuance to our understanding of the complex, micro- (anti-)politics at work in conservation and development interventions. In doing this, however, aidnography seems to have led the focus away from two crucial, broader issues related to conservation and development interventions: how they are regulated through the wider, neoliberal political economy, and how this fuels and obscures (global) inequality. Drawing on empirical research on a transfrontier conservation and development intervention in Southern Africa, this article argues that the differential workings of anti-politics in practice warrant a renewed appreciation and a more explicit political operationalization of the concept. This is done by re-emphasizing anti-politics as an essential political strategy within conservation and development interventions and as an intrinsic element of the wider political economy of neoliberalism
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Intervention (counseling · Legitimacy · Neoliberalism (international relations · Operationalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Law · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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Polycentric Groundwater Governance
Conservation, green/blue grabbing and accumulation by dispossession in Tanzania
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Redd+ as 'inclusive' neoliberal conservation
Rendering transparent and opaque
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Contending Liberalisms in World Politics
Globalization and regionalization in Africa
Donor–NGO relations and representations of livelihood in nongovernmental aid ahains
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The enemy of nature
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Everyday forms of peasant resistance
The Age of Commodity
Brief History of Neoliberalism
The potential and pitfalls of global environmental governance
Development
Is Good Policy Unimplementable? Reflections on the Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice
Transboundary Conservation
Peace parks in Southern Africa
Encountering Development
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| Citations per year | 5,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 84 |