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The retreating state: Political geographies of the object and the proliferation of space (2013)
Journal Article
Schmidt, J. J. (2014). The retreating state: Political geographies of the object and the proliferation of space. Political Geography, 39, 58-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2013.11.004

In their article, “Political geographies of the object,” Meehan, Shaw, and Marston (2013) introduce and explore some of the implications of object-oriented ontology (OOO) for political geography. Their analysis uses The Wire – a television drama abou... Read More about The retreating state: Political geographies of the object and the proliferation of space.

Property and the Right to Water: Toward a Non-Liberal Commons (2013)
Journal Article
Schmidt, J. J., & Mitchell, K. R. (2014). Property and the Right to Water: Toward a Non-Liberal Commons. Review of Radical Political Economics, 46(1), 54-69. https://doi.org/10.1177/0486613413488069

This paper examines the turn to considerations of property in arguments regarding the commons and the human right to water. It identifies commitments to liberalism in political economy approaches to property and human rights and develops a matrix for... Read More about Property and the Right to Water: Toward a Non-Liberal Commons.

Modern Water Ethics: Implications for Shared Governance. (2013)
Journal Article
Schmidt, J. J., & Shrubsole, D. (2013). Modern Water Ethics: Implications for Shared Governance. Environmental Values, 22(3), 359-379. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327113x13648087563746

It has been suggested that water and social values were divorced in modernity. This paper argues otherwise. First, it demonstrates the historical link between ethics and politics using the case of American water governance. It engages theories regard... Read More about Modern Water Ethics: Implications for Shared Governance..

Ethics and water governance (2013)
Journal Article
Groenfeldt, D., & Schmidt, J. J. (2013). Ethics and water governance. Ecology and Society, 18(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.5751/es-04629-180114

Ethics and values are important dimensions of water governance. We show how a "values approach" contributes to an understanding of global water governance, and how it complements other perspectives on governance, namely management, institutional capa... Read More about Ethics and water governance.