Hydronarratives: The Confluence of Water and Environmental Justice

Residual Governance

Gabrielle Hecht theorizes "residual governance" as the management of waste and discard, characterized by its deliberate minimalism and inefficiency. This form of governance employs simplification, ignorance, and delay as its core tactics, and it regards people and places as waste and wastelands. The underlying logic of residual governance is central to contemporary global racial capitalism and significantly accelerates the Anthropocene.

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