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Counter-Summitry: La Via Campesina, the People's Summit, and Rio+20

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Counter-summits are important arenas of global environmental politics. Drawing upon Death’s analysis of summitry as a form of environmentality, the forum argues that these alternative venues are defined by counter-summitry, a set of practices that are performative, enact legitimacy, and communicate norms of responsible conduct. This forum analyzes counter-summitry at the People’s Summit in Rio de Janeiro, held in opposition to the UNDP’s 2012 Rio+20 summit. I explore the actions of La Via Campesina—one of the larger participating movements at the People’s Summit—analyzing this movement’s mobilizations at Rio+20 and the People’s Summit’s final outcome document. These function as a form of counter-summitry, influencing the production of environmental subjects. I conclude with several questions to help direct debate concerning the relationship between counter-summitry and global environmental politics.

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  • David Meek, 2015. "Counter-Summitry: La Via Campesina, the People's Summit, and Rio+20," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 15(2), pages 11-18, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:14:y:2014:i:4:p:11-18
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