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Modes of governing municipal waste

Bulkeley, H.; Watson, M.; Hudson, R.

Authors

M. Watson

R. Hudson



Abstract

From recent debates on governance and governmentality, two key analytical imperatives arise: the need to engage simultaneously with the structures and processes of governing, and the need to recognise the plurality and multiplicity of governing sites and activities. In seeking to address these imperatives, we develop an analytical approach, the modes of governing approach, which engages with the rationalities, agencies, institutional relations, and technologies of governing that coalesce around particular objectives and entities to be governed. Drawing on the example of municipal waste management, we illustrate how this framework can illuminate the dynamic and multiple nature of governing, and outline the key modes of governing which currently shape the policy and practice of municipal waste.

Citation

Bulkeley, H., Watson, M., & Hudson, R. (2007). Modes of governing municipal waste. Environment and Planning A, 39(11), 2733-2753. https://doi.org/10.1068/a38269

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2007
Deposit Date Oct 3, 2008
Journal Environment and Planning A
Print ISSN 0308-518X
Electronic ISSN 1472-3409
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 11
Pages 2733-2753
DOI https://doi.org/10.1068/a38269
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1580361