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Governance as a contradiction: reflections on the territory in the configuration of environmental governance

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No. 60 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2020.57251
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This text reflects on the interaction that exists between governance and governability. When governance emerges as an aspect that derives from governability –as a deepening and externalization of this–, we point out that governance needs, for its construction, the action of subjects and institutions, the same ones that previously constituted it. The central idea is to show the possibility of establishing a political reflection on governance through the geographical discussion on the territory. In this sense, what is transforming are the relationships that are established between these agents and therefore there should lie their specificity and therefore, the contradiction between governability and governance should be located in those who execute it, as well as in the structures that emerge from said action. The case of environmental governance allows us to observe that the problem lies in the tensions between governance and political systems, as well as to identify the specificity of the agents involved in their operation. In short, it is argued that governance is built from experiences of differentiation of governance, which is achieved through a territorial analysis, its materialization through the various processes that territorialize social practices.

Keywords:

Governance , political geography , State , territory.
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Olea Peñaloza, J. (2020). Governance as a contradiction: reflections on the territory in the configuration of environmental governance. Investigaciones Geográficas, (60), 4–17. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5370.2020.57251
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