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1NC
Case
1NC – Method Good
Our method – use the state as heuristic – it’s a more productive engagement with power.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,501
1,175,614
28,949
1AC
Solvency
Scenario 2: Retaliation
Our methodology is to utilize the state as a heuristic – only that pedagogy allows us to understand the analytical tools of government
Zanotti ’14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database. )
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,502
3,219,650
104,406
1AC
1AC
Framing
We should risk the world for equality.
Olson 15 (Elizabeth Olson, Olson is a professor of geography and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill, “Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency”, Published in 2014 Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 517-526, Lex RM)
Olson 15
2,658
746
13,519
3,503
1,667,588
49,752
2AC
K
null
The aff does not REQUIRE that others engage in our strategy, but we DO think SOME state engagement is necessary – their corrective of rejecting that is worse
Laura Zanotti, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, ’13
Zanotti ’13
37,382
1,334
9,333
3,504
3,246,784
105,079
null
1ac
Framing
Dominant moral calculus always prioritizes future suffering in the face of ongoing structural violence.
Olson 2015 – prof of geography @ UNC Chapel Hill (Elizabeth, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
Olson 2015
2,658
746
13,509
3,505
1,061,551
25,624
1NC
Case
AT: State Bad---1NC
Using governmentality as a heuristic helps create new spaces for political agency which is critical to effective resistance against the state.
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,612
3,506
1,196,923
29,344
Border Wall 1AC – V1
Extra
1AC – Treaties Adv.
Demanding institutional change is a pre-requisite to bottom-up movements and encourages resistance without losing agency
Zanotti 14 [Laura, Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” 02/20/14, p. 288-304]
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,507
1,686,948
50,250
OFF
null
null
4 – Governmentality – denouncing “normative understandings of the world” alone fails to provide a heuristic for practice – focusing on specific nexuses of power is critical for resistance
Zanotti 14 – Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech
Zanotti 14 – Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech
37,382
1,334
2,770
3,508
1,737,715
51,454
null
1AC – Indiana
1AC – Hedging
The Role of the Ballot is to endorse the best policy position – use of legal solutions as a heuristic recodes hegemonic conceptions of agency and articulates power as a contingently created system that can be infiltrated and changed – refusing the law fails to capture any of the dialogic benefits of my methodology.
Zanotti 14 [Dr. Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of PoliSci, Virginia Tech. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World.” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38, p. 288-304. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – the stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013.] LASA-MMV
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,612
3,509
1,273,013
32,093
1AC - China
Framing
null
3] Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,510
1,273,169
32,147
1AC - China
Framing
null
3] Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,511
1,889,087
55,621
1AC
null
1AC – 13th
Viewing institutions as a heuristic for political demands enables activism and avoids effacing agency.
Zanotti ’14 (Laura; 2/20/14; Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” p. 288-304)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,512
1,274,209
32,123
null
AC – Method
AC – Solvency
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,513
3,247,717
105,289
1AC
Framing
null
Dominant moral calculus always prioritizes future suffering in the face of ongoing violence
Olson 2015 – prof of geography @ UNC Chapel Hill (Elizabeth, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
Olson 2015
2,658
746
13,509
3,514
1,815,507
53,347
null
K
2ac k f/l
contingencies are key – claims of exclusivity are bankrupt
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,515
1,282,979
32,222
1AC – Undisclosed Information
Method (1:10)
Superbugs – extinction (54)
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,516
1,818,579
53,408
1AC Version 4
K
AT: Alt
Totalizing rejection of governmentality freezes resistance – working within structures of power by proposing contingent reforms is preferable
Laura Zanotti 13, PhD., Virginia Tech, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 201X, Vol XX(X) 1–17)
Zanotti 13
37,382
1,334
9,179
3,517
1,292,534
32,657
null
1AC
1AC – Framing
Debating about government policies is a valuable heuristic — we can learn about the state without being it. Instead of rejecting government policies in general, we should analyze particular policies.
Zanotti 13 — Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech, holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Florida International University, 2013 (“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Volume 38, Issue 4, November, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via SAGE Publications Online, p. 299-300)
Zanotti 13
37,382
1,334
3,676
3,518
1,303,250
33,223
null
null
Case
The state isn’t universally good or bad – the method of the 1NC teaches contingent grounds for resistance and political reflexivity
Zanotti 14 – Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech
Zanotti 14 – Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech
37,382
1,334
2,770
3,519
3,248,734
105,263
1AC
null
Framing
Dominant moral calculus always prioritizes future suffering in the face of ongoing structural violence.
Olson 2015 – prof of geography @ UNC Chapel Hill (Elizabeth, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
Olson 2015
2,658
746
13,509
3,520
3,306,833
109,018
Harvard-Westlake JN 1AC vs Oakwood MW – Meadows Round 1
null
Framing
Large-scale threats of future suffering collapses ethics and creates a form of temporal blackmail- the only ethical response is to refuse that bribery and align yourself with feminist urgency
Olson 15
Olson 15
2,658
746
13,697
3,521
3,252,539
105,191
1AC
Framing
null
Dominant moral calculus always prioritizes future suffering in the face of ongoing violence
Olson 2015 – prof of geography @ UNC Chapel Hill (Elizabeth, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
Olson 2015
2,658
746
13,509
3,522
1,819,177
53,417
1NC
Case
AT: State Bad---1NC
Using governmentality as a heuristic helps create new spaces for political agency which is critical to effective resistance against the state.
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,612
3,523
1,305,873
33,299
2AC
K
TOPSHELF
Even if you buy competing pedagogies, pedagogies should be tempered by what they can solve – institutional praxes are key.
Welsh, Comm Prof @ Appalachia State University, 13 (Scott, “The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics,” pg. 81)
Welsh, , 13
37,382
1,334
4,999
3,524
1,820,528
53,433
1AC Version 1
IR K
Alt
Totalizing rejection of governmentality freezes resistance – working within structures of power by proposing contingent reforms is preferable
Laura Zanotti 13, PhD., Virginia Tech, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 201X, Vol XX(X) 1–17)
Zanotti 13
37,382
1,334
9,179
3,525
1,307,509
33,353
null
1NC Shell
1NC—Insularity vs. Identity
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them.
Zanotti ‘14 Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti ‘14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,526
1,321,957
34,061
null
null
1AC- Contention Three: Solvency
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t inculcate dominant norms or invert the error. Our framework teaches contingent, but engaged, middle grounds. No State pessimism bias or optimism bias for extreme Alts.
Zanotti ‘14 Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti ‘14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,527
1,337,350
34,748
Militarism Aff
Shell
Underview
Even if the state’s bad, it’s key to avoid oversimplification that kills movements. Zanotti 14
Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
null
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,528
3,263,578
106,483
1AC
Framing
null
And—Only an aff ballot signifies a shift from future threats theory and prioritizes current suffering over possible emergencies—waiting reinforces elitist capitalist mindsets and justifies ableism
Olson 15 — Elizabeth Olson, professor of geography and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
Olson 15
2,658
746
13,519
3,529
3,308,020
108,846
null
1AC
Part 1 is Stop the Press
7. Large-scale threats of future suffering collapses ethics and creates a form of temporal blackmail- the only ethical response is to refuse that bribery and align yourself with feminist urgency. Olson 15
(Elizabeth, professor of geography and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
(Elizabeth, professor of geography and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
2,658
746
13,519
3,530
1,820,668
53,447
1NC
Case
State Heuristic Good---1NC
Using governmentality as a heuristic helps create new spaces for political agency which is critical to effective resistance against the state.
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,612
3,531
3,308,844
108,984
1ac vs Loyola RB Meadows Round 3
null
Framing
Large-scale threats of future suffering collapses ethics and creates a form of temporal blackmail- the only ethical response is to refuse that bribery and align yourself with feminist urgency
Olson 15
Olson 15
2,658
746
13,697
3,532
1,387,022
36,765
Institutions
null
null
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them. Our framework teaches contingent, but engaged, middle grounds. No State pessimism bias or optimism bias for extreme Alts.
-we are defending a contingent state that does not exist now but we can bring it about
null
37,382
1,334
3,376
3,533
1,820,690
53,452
null
2NC
Right Wing Fill-In
Debating and researching government policy does not entrench a universal standard of white male subjecthood, but refusal on those grounds ironically does
Zanotti, 13 [Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications]
Zanotti, 13
37,382
1,334
14,665
3,534
2,006,003
59,255
Open Source -- Round 4
2AC
2AC -- Rule of Law K -- T/L
Second, strategy testing. Demanding institutional change is a pre-requisite to bottom-up movements and encourages resistance without losing agency.
Zanotti ’14 (Laura; 2/20/14; Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” p. 288-304; RP)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,535
1,833,671
53,728
1NR
Case
Gordon---1NC
Using governmentality as a heuristic helps create new spaces for political agency which is critical to effective resistance against the state.
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,612
3,536
3,312,402
108,995
null
null
Part 2 is framing
Large-scale threats of future suffering collapses ethics and creates a form of temporal blackmail- the only ethical response is to refuse that bribery and align yourself with feminist urgency. Olson 15
(Elizabeth, professor of geography and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
(Elizabeth, professor of geography and global studies at UNC Chapel Hill, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
2,658
746
13,519
3,537
1,836,114
53,789
1NC
Case
State Good---1NC
Using governmentality as a heuristic helps create new spaces for political agency which is critical to effective resistance against the state.
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,612
3,538
1,387,781
36,807
2
Institutions
null
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them. Our framework teaches contingent, but engaged, middle grounds. No State pessimism bias or optimism bias for extreme Alts.
-we are defending a contingent state that does not exist now but we can bring it about
null
37,382
1,334
3,376
3,539
1,837,695
53,836
1NC
Case
AT: State Bad---1NC
Using governmentality as a heuristic helps create new spaces for political agency which is critical to effective resistance against the state.
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,612
3,540
1,890,207
55,662
1AC – R1 – Gonzaga
null
1AC – 13th [Gonzaga]
Viewing institutions as a heuristic for political demands enables activism and avoids effacing agency.
Zanotti ’14 (Laura; 2/20/14; Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” p. 288-304)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,541
1,481,666
41,388
null
Underview 1
null
Using the government as a heuristic is better pragmatically and forces us to truly investigate political structures in search of ways to improve instead of using abstract solutions for concrete impacts.
Zannoti ’13 - Zannoti, Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications MC
Zannoti ’13 -
37,382
1,334
2,610
3,542
3,237,358
104,920
null
1ac
Framing
Dominant moral calculus always prioritizes future suffering in the face of ongoing structural violence.
Olson 2015 – prof of geography @ UNC Chapel Hill (Elizabeth, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
Olson 2015
2,658
746
13,509
3,543
1,862,808
54,727
2AC
K
Next is Solvency
their uncompromising opposition to “institutions of hope” just reaffirm their power – they freeze a particular understanding of black agency
Zanotti 13 Laura Zanotti, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, ’13
Zanotti 13
37,382
1,334
9,333
3,544
3,239,170
104,963
null
1ac
Framing
Dominant moral calculus always prioritizes future suffering in the face of ongoing structural violence.
Olson 2015 – prof of geography @ UNC Chapel Hill (Elizabeth, ‘Geography and Ethics I: Waiting and Urgency,’ Progress in Human Geography, vol. 39 no. 4, pp. 517-526)
Olson 2015
2,658
746
13,509
3,545
1,483,280
41,490
Aff
Framework
Underview 1
Using the government as a heuristic is better pragmatically and forces us to truly investigate political structures in search of ways to improve instead of using abstract solutions for concrete impacts.
Zannoti ’13 - Zannoti, Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications MC
Zannoti ’13 -
37,382
1,334
2,610
3,546
1,485,505
41,621
ac
null
Underview
Using the government as a heuristic is better pragmatically and forces us to truly investigate political structures in search of ways to improve instead of using abstract solutions for concrete impacts.
Zannoti ’13 - Zannoti, Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications MC
Zannoti ’13 -
37,382
1,334
2,610
3,547
1,486,739
41,700
null
Underview 1
null
Using the government as a heuristic is better pragmatically and forces us to truly investigate political structures in search of ways to improve instead of using abstract solutions for concrete impacts.
Zannoti ’13 - Zannoti, Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications MC
Zannoti ’13 -
37,382
1,334
2,610
3,548
1,864,582
54,793
2AC
SOLVENCY
Next is Solvency
their uncompromising opposition to “institutions of hope” just reaffirm their power – they freeze a particular understanding of black agency
Zanotti 13 Laura Zanotti, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, ’13
Zanotti 13
37,382
1,334
9,333
3,549
1,487,117
41,724
Case
2 – Indefinite Critique K
null
Using the government as a heuristic is better pragmatically and forces us to truly investigate political structures in search of ways to improve instead of using abstract solutions for concrete impacts.
Zannoti ’13 - Zannoti, Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications MC By questioning substantialist representations of power and subjects, inquiries on the possibilities of political agency are reframed in a way that focuses on power and subjects’ relational character and the contingent processes of their (trans)formation in the context of agonic relations. Options for resistance
Zannoti ’13 - , Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications MC
37,382
1,334
2,297
3,550
2,405,446
77,379
1NC
Case
Presumption
[1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,603
3,551
2,113,695
63,439
Mines Plan
ROTB:
null
The state as a heuristic provides valuable education which avoids oversimplification and bolsters resistance.
Zanotti 14 [Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database]
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,552
2,139,649
64,612
1ac
UV
null
Working within the state functions to expose hidden oppression and to fully understand the state – we’re a prerequisite to any kritik.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of PoliSci, Virginia Tech. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World.” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38, p. 288-304. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – the stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,553
1,865,139
54,802
2ac
Afropessimism K
The Advantage is Espionage:
their uncompromising opposition to “institutions of hope” just reaffirm their power – they freeze a particular understanding of black agency
Zanotti 13 Laura Zanotti, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, ’13
Zanotti 13
37,382
1,334
9,333
3,554
2,140,740
64,661
1ac
UV
null
Working within the state functions to expose hidden oppression and to fully understand the state – we’re a prerequisite to any kritik.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of PoliSci, Virginia Tech. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World.” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38, p. 288-304. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – the stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,555
2,405,553
77,383
null
null
Method
Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,556
1,865,557
54,830
2AC
K
AT Alt
their uncompromising opposition to “institutions of hope” just reaffirm their power – they freeze a particular understanding of black agency
Zanotti 13 Laura Zanotti, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, ’13
Zanotti 13
37,382
1,334
9,333
3,557
2,405,556
77,381
null
null
Method
[1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,558
2,405,868
77,395
1AC
null
Underview
[1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,559
2,406,019
77,397
1AC
null
Method (Full)
1. [1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,560
2,145,229
64,897
null
1AC vs K
Framing
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,561
2,146,148
64,954
1NC
Case
FW
The Counter ROB to vote for the best debater prefer it – anything else justifies infinite self-serving interpretations and we include their offense – they can prove they outweigh under our ROB. Prefer debates mimicking how governments make decisions – it enables resistance to hegemoic power structures which they seek to create
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,562
2,146,508
64,973
US Aff
Method
Solvency
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
null
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,563
1,878,874
55,321
Mandatory Minimums 1AC
null
1AC – Framing
Demanding institutional change is a pre-requisite to bottom-up movements and encourages resistance without losing agency.
Zanotti ’14 (Laura; 2/20/14; Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” p. 288-304)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,564
2,146,799
64,992
null
null
Framing (1:19)
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,565
2,406,262
77,407
null
null
Method
[1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,566
1,927,724
56,934
Case
null
1NC – Method Good
Our method – use the state as heuristic – it’s a more productive engagement with power.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,567
2,407,237
77,444
null
null
Method
[1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,568
2,147,430
65,034
null
null
Framing
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,569
1,928,905
56,969
Case
null
1NC – State Good
8) Our method – use the government as a heuristic to resist its worst acts of violence – this forces us to take responsibility for political choices and builds activism.
Zanotti ’14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,570
2,147,474
65,038
BMDs 1AC
null
Framing
Our heuristic means we learn about the State without being it. It won’t entrench dominant norms BUT WE ALSO don’t’ invert the error and NEVER learn about them
Zanotti 14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.)
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,571
2,407,434
77,450
null
null
Underview
[3] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,572
2,408,168
77,480
1AC
null
Method
Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,573
1,929,225
56,984
1AC – War on Drugs
1AC – War on Drugs
null
Our method – use the state as heuristic – it’s a more productive engagement with power.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,574
2,003,153
59,161
Open Source -- Round 4
2AC
2AC -- Settler Colonialism K -- T/L
Second, strategy testing. Demanding institutional change is a pre-requisite to bottom-up movements and encourages resistance without losing agency.
Zanotti ’14 (Laura; 2/20/14; Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” p. 288-304; RP)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,575
2,004,992
59,221
null
null
1AC—Constitutional Rot Advantage
Legal solutions recode hegemonic conceptions of agency and allow contingent remaking many practices - static conceptions of agency fail to accrue the dialogic benefits of our method
Zanotti, 13 [Laura, associate professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech., Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2008 and joined the Purdue University faculty in 2009. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, originally published online 30 December 2013, DOI: 10.1177/0304375413512098, P. Sage Publications]
Zanotti, 13
37,382
1,334
14,665
3,576
2,408,855
77,507
null
null
Underview
[3] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,577
2,408,882
77,506
null
null
Method
[1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,578
2,202,278
67,829
Speech 1AC Rd 6 GBX 11-22 11AM
null
Method
7) We need to embrace the state as a heuristic – our argument is not that the state is good but that learning the levers of power is key to confronting it.
Zanotti 14: (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database//FT)
Zanotti 14:
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,579
2,210,006
68,192
null
null
Framing
1] Embrace the state as a heuristic – our argument is not that the state is good but that learning the levers of power is key to confronting it. Power is complex there is no root cause.
Laura Zanotti 2-20-2014, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304, Sage Database, (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech.  Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.)
Zanotti 14, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304, Sage Database, (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech.  Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.)
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,580
2,005,085
59,226
Open Source -- Round 2
2AC
2AC -- Baudrillard K -- T/L
Second, strategy testing. Demanding institutional change is a pre-requisite to bottom-up movements and encourages resistance without losing agency.
Zanotti ’14 (Laura; 2/20/14; Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” p. 288-304; RP)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,581
2,214,828
68,420
null
null
null
The state is a heuristic—work within the government to actualize change.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti (Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech) “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database
Zanotti 14 was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,582
2,408,957
77,509
1AC
null
Method
Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,583
2,007,613
59,312
SAKs 1AC 2.0
Framing
null
Demanding institutional change is a pre-requisite to bottom-up movements and encourages resistance without losing agency
Zanotti 14 [Laura, Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” 02/20/14, p. 288-304]
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,584
2,409,532
77,530
1AC
null
Underview
[3] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,603
3,585
2,409,845
77,539
1AC
null
Underview
Zanotti 14.
Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
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37,382
1,334
2,614
3,586
2,215,087
68,460
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Framing
We need to embrace the state as a heuristic – our argument is not that the state is good but that learning the levers of power is key to confronting it
Zanotti ’14 (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014 but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database)
Zanotti ’14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,587
2,008,944
59,367
Rape Kits 1AC
Framing
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Demanding institutional change is a pre-requisite to bottom-up movements and encourages resistance without losing agency
Zanotti 14 [Laura, Ph.D. from Florida International University, M.B.A. from from Scoula Direzione Aziendale Bocconi, B.A. from the University of Pavia, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech, Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38 “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” 02/20/14, p. 288-304]
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,588
2,069,374
61,446
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[2] Institutional Politics – Our framework of state action is a good heuristic on which to begin revolutionary politics such as the aff – T isn’t cruel optimism, but a strategy of infiltration. Even if the state’s bad, it’s key to engaging in politics that resolve critical issues and avoiding oversimplification of critical movements. Zanotti 14
[Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech.  Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database. ]
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37,382
1,334
2,614
3,589
2,230,019
69,242
Sunvite R5
1ac
UV
We don’t endorse the state – we use it as a heuristic to learn to engage in resistance strategies in the future. Zanotti 14,
[Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database]
is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database]
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,590
2,410,227
77,560
1AC
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Method
Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,591
2,079,293
61,930
Round 2
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Case
State is neccesary
Laura Zanotti, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, ’13
Zanotti ’13
37,382
1,334
9,333
3,592
2,411,292
77,599
1AC
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Method
Zanotti 14.
Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
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37,382
1,334
2,614
3,593
2,234,597
69,452
1AC
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Method
Even if the state is bad, the state as a heuristic is a powerful learning tool. Descriptive critiques of the state reify the concepts they critique and solve nothing.
Zanotti ’13 — Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech, holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Florida International University, 2013 (“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Volume 38, Issue 4, November, Available Online to Subscribing Institutions via SAGE Publications Online, p. 299-300)
Zanotti ’13
37,382
1,334
2,389
3,594
2,079,496
61,937
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Underview
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[3] Working within the state functions to expose hidden oppression and to fully understand the state – we’re a prerequisite to the kritik.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of PoliSci, Virginia Tech. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World.” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38, p. 288-304. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – the stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,595
2,082,336
62,048
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Underview
Ought
[3] Working within the state functions to expose hidden oppression and to fully understand the state – we’re a prerequisite to the kritik.
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of PoliSci, Virginia Tech. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World.” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38, p. 288-304. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – the stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,596
2,109,867
63,274
I affirm, resolved, in a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory
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UV
6] We need to embrace the state as a heuristic – our argument is not that the state is good but that learning the levers of power is key to confronting it.
Zanotti 14: (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database//FT)
Zanotti 14:
37,382
1,334
2,614
3,597
2,290,412
72,056
1AC – Nuclear LAWs
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Underview
2] Understanding the state is good – our model of debate allows for that
Zanotti 14 Dr. Laura Zanotti, Associate Professor of PoliSci, Virginia Tech. “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World.” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 38, p. 288-304. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – the stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013.
Zanotti 14
37,382
1,334
2,613
3,598
2,411,623
77,621
1AC
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Method
[1] Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist. It won’t inculcate dominant norms and is key to their movement working.
Zanotti 14. Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.
Zanotti 14.
37,382
1,334
2,603
3,599
2,110,298
63,294
I affirm, resolved, in a democracy, voting ought to be compulsory
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UV
6] We need to embrace the state as a heuristic – our argument is not that the state is good but that learning the levers of power is key to confronting it.
Zanotti 14: (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. Her research and teaching include critical political theory as well as international organizations, UN peacekeeping, democratization and the role of NGOs in post-conflict governance.“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304,. A little unclear if this is late 2013 or early 2014 – The Stated “Version of Record” is Feb 20, 2014, but was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database//FT)
Zanotti 14:
37,382
1,334
2,614