Environmentalism, governmentality, and citizenship in northeast Argentina

FERRERO, BRIÁN GERMÁN

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Workshop; Environment and citizenship in Latin America; 2010

Simon Fraser University (Sociology and Latin American Studies) With co-sponsorship from Wilfrid Laurier University (Global Studies)

From the beginning of the XXI century, a gradual transformation has taken place in environmental politics in buffer areas of Protected Natural Areas in Argentina. This new politics is based on the creation of spaces for active participation, empowering both indigenous and non-indigenous rural inhabitants to exercise their rights and act upon their responsibilities. In this way these populations are increasingly integrated into a political community, giving them the status of citizenship. In this paper we analyse the tensions and conflicts that characterize the practices of state conservation organisms and environmental