The neoliberal turn in environmental governance in the Detroit River Area of Concern

摘要: This article explores the transition from state-centric environmental governance to neoliberalization through a historical examination of remediation efforts in Detroit River. I analyze social and impacts these changes focus on three dimensions neoliberalization: marketization, privatization, quantification. find that contemporary public involvement River resulted both contradictions: narrower band civil society, nongovernmental organizations, has assumed more central role an emphasis quantifiable progress shifted attention away pressing, but intractable challenges favor those most easily classified as remediated.