2018
DOI: 10.2458/v25i1.22804
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Theorizing power in political ecology: the 'where' of power in resource governance projects

Abstract: Power and politics have been central topics from the early days of Political Ecology. There are different and sometimes conflicting conceptualizations of power in this field that portray power alternatively as a resource, personal attribute or relation. The aim of this article is to contribute to theorizations of power by probing contesting views regarding its role in societal change and by presenting a specific conceptualization of power, one which draws on political ecology and sociotechnical approaches in s… Show more

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“…Within the commons, power is not a negative force. As Foucault and Butler have emphasised, power is not simply power over or coercive power, rather, power also provides the ability to act and to affect (Foucault 1995;Butler 1997;Allen 2016;Ahlborg and Nightingale 2018). To return to the concept of subjectivities, it offers insight into the operation of power as subjects are 'the effect of power in recoil' (Butler 1997, p. 6).…”
Section: Performing Commoning: Socionatures and Affectmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Within the commons, power is not a negative force. As Foucault and Butler have emphasised, power is not simply power over or coercive power, rather, power also provides the ability to act and to affect (Foucault 1995;Butler 1997;Allen 2016;Ahlborg and Nightingale 2018). To return to the concept of subjectivities, it offers insight into the operation of power as subjects are 'the effect of power in recoil' (Butler 1997, p. 6).…”
Section: Performing Commoning: Socionatures and Affectmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The potential for transformation is found in the 'recoil' as subjectivities emerging from dominating power can be potent sources for action by oppressed groups, but not in a straightforward manner. Empowerment, for example, implies a lack of power to begin with which ironically serves to reinforce the notion that the collective in question lacks power (Butler 1997;Ahlborg and Nightingale 2018). This ambivalence means that subjects are not always consistent-'subject positions' are an artificial cementing of relational practices-and individuals can inhabit contradictory subjectivities at the same time (Nightingale 2011a,b).…”
Section: Performing Commoning: Socionatures and Affectmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The power analysis we present highlights some key evaluative and instrumental issues within adaptation (Boonstra, 2016;Fairclough, 2003;Flyvbjerg & Sampson, 2001). While we believe that our findings justify the five broad, actor-centered frames of power used (touching on some key distinctions between different ways of conceptualizing power), we recognize that there are other equally valid ways to construct the frames (Ahlborg & Nightingale, 2017). Further frames analysis could use a plurality of understandings of power to deduce frames or draw them inductively from the cases themselves, so that power dynamics may be captured as they actually occur (Ahlborg & Nightingale, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 59%
“…Power is at the core of political ecology given that this approach seeks to understand questions around resource access, control, use and management (Ahlborg and Nightingale, 2018;Paulson and Gezon, 2005;Peet and Watts, 2004;Svarstad et al, 2018). Political ecology seeks to understand the political dynamics surrounding struggles over resources in the Third World (Bryant, 1998).…”
Section: Power Relations In the Agricultural Sector Of Ghanamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Power analysis in political ecology has enhanced understandings of social and economic inequalities produced through unequal power relations (Ahlborg and Nightingale, 2018;Watts, 2000). The consequences of powerful actors exercising control or having power over resources include alienation and economic marginalisation of existing users of these resources.…”
Section: Power Relations In the Agricultural Sector Of Ghanamentioning
confidence: 99%