It’s not just a Blue Economy moment…

Morrissey, Karyn

doi:10.1177/2043820617691651

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“…This critique of Blue Growth is similar to criticisms emerging in the literature, which suggests that the benefits of growth sectors may not be realised in coastal areas. There is a tendency for high-value-added activities associated with Blue Growth to remain in urban hubs, with minimal increases in coastal community labour forces (Morrissey, 2017).…”

Section: Neoliberalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The post-political nature of marine spatial planning and modalities for its re-politicisation

Clarke

Flannery

2019

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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Marine spatial planning (MSP) has become the most adopted approach for sustainable marine governance. While MSP has transformative capacity, evaluations of its implementation illustrate large gaps between how it is conceptualised and how it is practiced. We argue that these gaps arise from MSP being implemented through post-political processes. Although MSP has been explored through post-political lenses, these evaluations are incomplete and do not provide sufficient detail about the complex nature of the post-political condition. Drawing on seminal literature, we conceptualise the post-political as consisting of highly interconnected modalities of depoliticisation, including: neoliberalism; choreographed participation; path dependency; technocratic-managerialism; and the illusion of progressive change. Using these modalities as an analytical framework, we evaluate English MSP and find that it focuses on entrenching neoliberal logic through: tokenistic participation; wholescale adoption of path-dependent solutions; obstructionist deployment of inactive technological solutions; and promising progressive change. We do not, however, view the post-political condition as unresolvable and we develop a suite of suggestions for the repoliticisation of MSP which, collectively, could form the basis for more radical forms of MSP.

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Section: Neoliberalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The post-political nature of marine spatial planning and modalities for its re-politicisation

Clarke

Flannery

2019

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…Nevertheless, some research and academic circles have brought forward the limitations and consequences of transposing an economic growth fixation on the ocean (Barbesgaard 2018;Hadjimichael 2018;TNI 2014). Winder and Le Heron (2017) and Morissey (2017) engaged in discussions bringing in the issue of blue economy in critical social science studies, whilst Hadjimichael (2018) has used the failure of the neoliberal EU fisheries policies to argue against blue growth. Eikeset et al (2018) prepared a Special Issue which focused on the limitations and the potential of the blue growth strategy, without, however, sufficiently criticizing the idea of infinite growth and its socioecological consequences, whereas Childs and Hicks (2019) initiated a debate around issues of economic, ecological, and political 'security' of the blue growth agenda, and its effects across different temporal and spatial dimensions in Africa.…”

Section: Alternative Voices To the Blue Growthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Editorial: Blue degrowth and the politics of the sea: rethinking the blue economy

Ertör

Hadjimichael

2019

Sustain Sci

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1 Latouche (2015) comments on the understanding of the phrase 'decolonization of the imaginary' referencing the [philosopher Cornelius Castoriadis and his book The Imaginary Institution of the Society (1975) where a social reality is described as 'imaginary significations' meaning representations which mobilise feelings. In a social reality, therefore, in which (economic) growth has a strong imaginary signification, degrowth can only be realised once a growth-oriented imaginary is decolonized.

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“…Goodman and Salleh observe that the green economy is a concept "waged across several dimensions, engaging both state and non-state actors" (Goodman and Salleh 2013: 412), and it can be argued that the same is now occurring in relation to the sea, raising questions as to who is defining the blue economy. This is particularly pertinent given that the depletion of onshore minerals, alongside technological advances, has led to a resurgence of interest in the exploration and exploitation of reserves located in the seabed (Morrissey 2017; see also Morrissey et al 2011;Stojanovic and Farmer 2013;Zhao et al 2014).…”

Section: Bluing the Greenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lessons for blue degrowth from Namibia’s emerging blue economy

Carver

2019

Sustain Sci

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Globally there has been recognition that there is little consensus attributed to the definition of the blue economy. However, despite this acknowledgement, the blue economy is championed for its development potential by the African Union and subsequently, several African states. Having formalised the agenda in its fifth National Development Plan Namibia is working to implement a governance and management framework to "sustainably maximise benefits from marine resources" by 2020 (Republic of Namibia in Namibia's 5th National Development Plan (NDP5) 2017). Concurrently, new entrants, such as marine mineral mining projects, have emerged in recognition of the potential offered within the state's Exclusive Economic Zone. This article argues that the uptake of the blue economy is shaped by multiple, and often conflicting, interests. The emergence of the agenda is not apolitical, nor has it been established in isolation from exogenous actors and interests. Subsequently, this article suggests that the critique of the emerging blue economy should be applied to discussions of a blue degrowth movement, to avoid transposing a new agenda over another. As demonstrated with reference to Namibia, contextual and historical issues need to be recognised by degrowth discussions, and their inherent and continued structural effects analysed. This is of particular importance when considering whose voices are represented or excluded by such agendas, complicated by the (geo)physical characteristics of the marine sphere.

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It’s not just a Blue Economy moment…

Cited by 18 publications

References 20 publications

The post-political nature of marine spatial planning and modalities for its re-politicisation

The post-political nature of marine spatial planning and modalities for its re-politicisation

Editorial: Blue degrowth and the politics of the sea: rethinking the blue economy

Lessons for blue degrowth from Namibia’s emerging blue economy

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