Foucault in the forests—A review of the use of ‘Foucauldian’ concepts in forest policy analysis

Georg Winkel

Forest Policy and Economics, 2012, vol. 16, issue C, 81-92

Abstract: In this paper, a review is conducted on the use of the concepts of Michel Foucault in forest policy analysis. In doing so, three major questions are posed: (1) how Foucauldian thinking has influenced the analysis of forest policy, (2) what has been excluded from the analysis, and (3) how a Foucauldian perspective contributes to an enhancement of the theoretical knowledge on forest policy as well as how it may be used in future analyses. Accordingly, in the first section, the Foucauldian concepts that have been the most influential to forest policy analysis, discourse, knowledge, and power as well as governmentality are introduced and summarized in a table aiming to outline a ‘Foucauldian perspective’. Subsequently, thirty-nine papers on forest policy that draw on Foucauldian concepts are analyzed with regard to the following dimensions: author, academic background, research motivation, regional focuses, topics and time span covered by the analysis, disciplinary approach, frameworks, theoretical approach and Foucauldian concepts used, methods, main findings, and the conclusions drawn by the scholars about the value of using Foucault for their research. Additionally, the development of the studies over time is analyzed.

Keywords: Discourse analysis; Governmentality; Foucault; Power-knowledge; Political ecology; Policy analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.11.009

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