****RGS/IBG 2009 2nd Call for papers: Crises and Environmental
governance: exploring the connections with Erik Swyngedouw as key
discussant
'Crisis' has long been a topic of interest to critical social
scientists. However, environmental crises - usually arising from
'biophysical hazards', like hurricanes - have rarely been analysed in
conjunction with socio-economic ones - like the current 'credit
crunch'. Due to their nature, moments of crisis lay bear the
limitations of the existing order, and precipitate a struggle over the
distribution of social costs as well as attempts to re-establish order
and stability. This can incite a variety of responses at a multitude
of scales ranging from place-based social movements to internationally
organised protests.
A distinctive feature of the 21st century is the increasing frequency
and severity of environmental crises. These are often compounded by
and contributory to crises arising independently in the social,
economic and political spheres. This makes their analysis central in
debates about society and environmental interaction and raises
questions about how existing governance structures influence social
relations, legitimise power relations
and the search for remedies.
The aim of this session is to bring together a range of papers which
will contribute to the understanding of the complex interaction of
economic, social and political factors surrounding environmental
crisis and environmental governance. It aims to explore how
structures of environmental governance are constituted, politicised
and realised in multiple environmental crisis contexts around the
world. Possible issues include: What can moments of crisis illustrate
about existing environmental governance structures? In what ways do
institutions and societal actors engage with these structures in
moments of
crisis? How are concepts of environmental governance in a crisis
context conceptualised, enacted and realised?
The session invites both conceptual and empirical contributions that
explore the notions of environmental governance and crisis.
Call for Papers: Please contact Lisa Ficklin at
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with any enquires and please submit abstracts by 21st February.
Many thanks
Lisa Ficklin
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Graduate Teaching Fellow and PhD Candidate
Society and Environment Research Group
School of Environment and Development
University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom
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