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Diverse ecologies

Mapping complexity in environmental governance

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ID4464757
AuthorsRonald Fletcher (0000-0002-5365-1697, Wageningen University & Research, corresponding author), Robert Fletcher
Year2020
Volume3
Issue2
Pages481-502
Publication date2020-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2514848619865880
OpenAlexW2965714452
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited92

This article outlines a novel framework for investigating complex intersections among divergent approaches to enacting environmental governance. I term this the study of "diverse ecologies." The framework builds on J.K. Gibson-Graham's influential "diverse economies" perspective but seeks to integrate this with research in political ecology that devotes greater attention to issues of structural power. In particular, the article draws on growing analysis of environmental governance as a form of "environmentality" building on Foucault's influential governmentality analytic. While early literature in this area overlooked the multiple forms of environmentality that may intersect within a given context, more recent research emphasizes this diversity. Integrating multiple environmentalities and diverse economies perspectives thus provides the grounding for the "diverse ecologies" framework outlined herein. The framework's application is illustrated through analysis of a popular payment for environmental services program in Costa Rica

Biology · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Diversity (politics · Economics · Environmental governance · Geography · Governmentality · Management · Perspective (graphical · Political ecology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Ecology

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