Multi-Scalar Practices of the Korean State in Global Climate Politics: The Case of the Global Green Growth Institute

Jin Tae Hwang, Sang Hun Lee, Detlef Müller-Mahn

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Abstract

The paper examines the significance of state territoriality and the related multi-scalar practices of the state in the light of the symptoms of post-politics exemplified in global environmental governance. The focus rests on the South Korean government's Green Growth (GG) strategy and the efforts to export this strategy as a role model to emerging economies worldwide through the establishment of the Global Green Growth Institute. We begin with the question why the Korean government is going global with a political program that is heavily disputed at home. We then study the practices by which the state manages to maintain its territoriality under the conditions of global climate change. Lastly, we discuss how multi-scalar practices of environmental governance in the GG strategy are applied by state and non-state actors both in Korea and abroad.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)657-676
Number of pages20
JournalAntipode
Volume49
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2017

Keywords

  • construction-oriented state
  • green growth
  • post-politics
  • scalar politics
  • South Korea
  • state territoriality

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