Death by a Thousand Cuts? The Moral Terrain of Neoliberal Environmental Governance in the South Carolina Lowcountry, USA

摘要: The South Carolina “Lowcountry,” known for its antebellum history, has been rapidly transforming from a landscape shaped by an agricultural and natural resource economy to one also real estate economy. In this chapter, we explore the role of specific actors in materializing exurban vision through planning process: specifically, examine formation for-profit nonprofit neoliberal environmental governance regimes ecologically sensitive landscapes East Edisto Savannah River Preserve. Through political ecological approach, used participant observation, interviews, discourse analysis how these planning—both within entities—develop moral that shapes people will live on landscape. contrast literature suggesting commodification nature contemporary neoliberalization results “tragedy commons,” found corporations civil society filling gap where state diminished context, motivated their “emotional responsibility” future local cultural traditions related