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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"scalar politics"”.
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The Scalar Politics of Mobility in Detroit
… that presents a productive point of entry into scalar thinking. Building upon a critique of the literature for its relatively thin conceptualization of transportation technologies and institutions within the production of spatial scale, I develop a scalar politics of mobility around an extended …
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Scalar Politics: Sustainability planning under Localism and the delivery of London's Olympic legacy
Abstract Scalar politics: Sustainability planning under Localism and the delivery of London’s Olympic legacy Andrew Hoolachan This thesis seeks to address a research gap concerning the relationship between the Localism Act 2011 and planning’s central purpose of achieving sustainable development. In …
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Subjugated Territory: The New Afrikan Independence Movement and the Space of Black Power
… nationalism intersects with space, place, and scalar politics in a representational space of black radicalism that confounds dominant notions of race, cultural identity, and national belonging in the United States. NAIM originated in 1968 when several-hundred black nationalist delegates met at …
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Corporate-Community Mining Conflicts in Guatemala: Unsettling Hegemonic Power Relations in Environmental Struggles
… are understood as part of emergent forms of scalar politics wherein different actors struggle to (re)consolidate power and authority in the hands of competing groups. The complex ways in which corporate-elite-government-military networks shape political actions in environmental conflicts …
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Spatial practices of governing carbon.
… and empirically with debates around the spatial politics of carbon reduction. This thesis helps to fill this gap, and contributes to conceptual debates around low-carbon transitions and the political impacts of carbon management in Western states.Second, the thesis draws from the work of John …
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Sustainability, the voluntary sector and local governance in East Yorkshire
… Drawing on approaches to governmentality and scalar politics, it investigates the VCS-state governance relationship, tensions around local sustainability governance, and the scalar political processes by which VCS groups promote sustainable development. Research methods are based on secondary …
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The water framework directive, paradigm shift or unrealized promises? A critical evaluation of its implementation from a boundary, economic and socio-political perspective
… refer three of the four pillars of the WFD: the scalar choices that derive from the application of the IWRM approach to water resources management that the WFD embodies; the use of economic instruments to achieve water policy goals; and the emphasis on public information, consultation and …