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1AC – Util

Underview

1. 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:

1ac

1AC — Solvency

The aff’s 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

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

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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.

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 -

Underview

[B] Using the state as Heuristic is key to deconstructing statist power

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 2014

Framework

Underview 2

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

1NC-Yale R3

1

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]

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1AC - Advantages

Heuristics Adv

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

1ac

1AC — Solvency

The aff’s 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

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

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 -

Underview

4. 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:

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 -

1NR

Case

T-USfg

Our methodology is to utilize the state as a heuristic – only that pedagogy allows us to understand the analytical tools of government – this is distinct from hoping for something that the government will never do.

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

ac

Underview

[1] 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

1AC

1ac framing

The AFF is a contingent demand on the state that seeks to reform it from within. Totalizing demonizations of power and government ignore complexities and uncertainties within power – exploiting these uncertainties from within challenges power and is more effective than simple rejection

Laura Zanotti 13, 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, Sage

Zanotti 13

1AC – R1

K Underview

Framework v Phil

3 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 this 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.

Zanotti 14

1AC – 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.

UV

vLong

9] 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

BMDs 1AC

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

1NR

Case

The state is inevitable and net better than the alternative – political change only happens through material instructions

Zanotti 13’ [Laura, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2013, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 201X, Vol XX(X) 1–17.]

Zanotti 13’

Round 4

Surveillance

case

The state is inevitable and key to effectuate change – otherwise the aff is useless

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

1ac

Underview

[1] 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

T

[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.

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 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.

1AC

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.

1ar Round 2 GSU vs Texas AS

1AC GSU – Nuclear Colonialism

1ar K – Link – Anti-Statism

We don’t utilize the state in a way that links to the critique because we avoid political hope or saviorism – rather infiltration and subversion is about identifying and taking advantage of cracks in state institutions – DeLeon says that is effective at creating material change – meanwhile anti-statism fails

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

Aff

Framing

[2] Debate is good specifically in the context of fiat – 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

1AC

Method (Full)

[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.

Framing

1. 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:

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.

2ac v Disneyland

2ac k f/l

2ac – perm

perm do both solves and 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

Run off v Emporia SV

1ac

the advantage is imperium

the alternative is a totalizing framework that erases contingent strategies of survival while romanticizing resistance

Zonotti 13 (Laura Zanotti – Virginia Tech Political Science Professor specializing in Critical Political Theory, former, European University Institute Jean Monnet Fellow, and Florida International University PhD, November 2013, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World”, https://www.jstor.org/stable/24569418, accessed 9/5/19, DL)

Zonotti 13

1NC Skills

[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.

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 was originally published online on December 30th, 2013. Obtained via Sage Database.

NSD20 – AC – Arms Race

1AC

Method Underview

[2] 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

On Case

2 – Cap K

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

Emory trips 1ac

Method

UV

[2] 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

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.

Underview

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

1NC Round 6

2

The resolution is a “should” question -- defending the topic means the state is a heuristic.

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

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.

1AC

Offense

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.

UV 1– Method

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

1

[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. ]

K

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

2AC

2ac k f/l

perm do both solves and 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

2ac

off

2ac k f/l

perm do both solves and 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

1AC

1AC

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.

1AC – Warming

1AC

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.

2AC

2ac K – Settler Colonialism

2AC – Link

Don’t fall prey to the neg’s oversimplification – there are sites of resistance within governmentality that can hijack state 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)

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1ac

1ac method

Direct opposition to the USFG fails – totalizing accounts of power freeze resistance – working within structures of power creates spaces of meaning contra oppressive scripts

Laura Zanotti, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, ’13 (“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 201X, Vol XX(X) 1–17) Political agency is not portrayed as the free subjects’ total rejection of a unified totalizing assemblage of power. While (the colonizer’s) power attempts to reproduce its script by creating the ‘‘mimic men,’’ that is, the ‘‘docile colonial subjects who are ‘almost the same, but not quite’,’’70 it also creates an ambivalence, a contradiction between ‘‘same’’ and ‘‘not quite’’ that can be appropriated by the subaltern. Mimicry is easily camouflaged as mockery, with the colonial subject consequently subverting or refusing to simply repeat the master’s lessons. Instead of producing a controlled imitation or a managed response from the native, the civilizing mission elicits an answer back, a menacing look, a distorted and disturbing echo.71 Agency is exerted through moves that are imbricated with discourses of power but also recognize and question them. In this way, universal claims are unsettled and power’s purported unity menaced. Bhabha sends a note of caution to those whose response to subjection is direct opposition, a warning that ‘‘overcoming domination, far from getting rid of it, often occasions its mere reversal.’’72 Thus, Ilan Kapoor suggests that ‘‘the agent must play with the cards s/he is dealt, and the hegemon, despite the appearance of absolute strength, needs or desires the subaltern.’’73 Purity of identity may not ever have been a possibility, even less when the very ideas of what accounts for identity and alterity are being rapidly reworked. In relying on Foucault’s understanding of power and on feminist elaborations of Identity,74 Roland Bleiker has embraced a non-substantialist standpoint and the acceptance of ambiguity as central for conceptualizing human agency and for exploring its actual transformative possibilities. Bleiker questions positions that see agency as a reflection of externally imposed circumstances as well as traditions that ‘‘bestow the human subject . . . with a relatively large sense of autonomy.’’75 Assumptions of fundamental autonomy (or ‘‘freedom’’) would ‘‘freeze a specific image of human agency to the detriment of all others.’’76 As Bleiker puts it: ‘‘A conceptualization of human agency cannot be based on a parsimonious proposition, a one-sentence statement that captures something like an authentic nature of human agency. There is no essence to human agency, no core that can be brought down to a lowest common denominator, that will crystallize one day in a long sought after magic formula. A search for such an elusive centre would freeze a specific image of human agency to the detriment of all others.’’77 For Bleiker, universals are indeed tainted with an imperial flavor. This includes the imperialism of ideas of identity based on liberty and freedom (rather than imbrication, situatedness, and relationality) as the ontological horizon for understanding human nature and assessing political agency. Non-substantialist positions do not assume the existence of monolithic power scripts or ontologically autonomous subjects; do not establish linear links between intentions and outcomes, and do not assume that every form of agency needs an identifiable agent. Instead, they call for careful attention to contexts. In this disposition, Bleiker advocates a modest conceptualization of agency, one that relies upon Michel de Certeau’s operational schemes, Judith Butler’s contingent foundations, or Gilles Deleuze’s rhizomes.78 In a similar vein, in a refreshing reading of realism, Brent Steele has highlighted the problematic aspects of assessing political agency based upon actors’ intention and focused on contexts as the yardstick for assessing political actions.79 For Steele, ‘‘as actors practice their agency within the space of a public sphere, intentionality—at best—becomes dynamic as new spaces in that sphere open up. Intentions, even if they are genuine, become largely irrelevant in such a dynamic, violent, and vibrant realm of human interaction.’’80 In shifting attention from ‘‘intention’’ to the context that made some actions possible, Steele sees agency as a ‘‘redescription’’ of existing conditions, rather than the total ‘‘rejection’’ of or ‘‘opposition’’ to a totalizing ‘‘script.’’ As a consequence, Steele advocates ‘‘pragmatist humility’’ for politicians and scholars as well.81 In summary, in non-substantialist frameworks, agency is conceptualized as modest and multifarious agonic interactions, localized tactics, hybridized engagement and redescriptions, a series of uncertain and situated responses to ambiguous discourses and practices of power aimed at the construction of new openings, possibilities and different distributive processes, the outcomes of which are always to an extent unpredictable. Political agency here is not imagined as a quest for individual authenticity in opposition to a unitary nefarious oppressive Leviathan aimed at the creation of a ‘‘better totality’’ where subjects can float freed of ‘‘oppression,’’ or a multitude made into a unified ‘‘subject’’ will reverse the might of Empire and bring about a condition of immanent social justice. By not reifying power as a script and subject as monads endowed with freedom non-substantialist positions open the way for conceptualizing political agency as an engagement imbricated in praxis.

Zanotti ’13 (“Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 201X, Vol XX(X) 1–17)

AC

1AC Stock

The Role of the Ballot is to endorse the best policy position – use legal solutions as a heuristic to infiltrate the system

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

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CP

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. Zanotti ‘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

2NC

Case

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

2AC

Solvency

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

1AC

UV – Short

1. 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:

K

STAR

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

Underview

1. 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:

Case

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.

1AC

UV – Short

1. 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:

1AC

1AC—Free State RW—J Matt Hill

1AC—Framing

We utilize the state as a heuristic without normative endorsement

Zanotti ’14 - (Dr. Laura Zanotti is an 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, Feb 20, 2014)

Zanotti ’14

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.

2AC

K---Black Baudrillard

Solvency---1AC

Rejection is resistance, but resistance doesn’t always have to be rejection

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

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.

Winter & Leighton 1 write:

Underview

1. 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:

2NR

Framing

The aff uses state as heuristic which doesn’t affirm its legitimacy but allows enhanced governmental resistance.

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 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

Case

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:

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.

1NC – tfa state – quarters

case

1NC – K

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

Lake v University KO

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

Underview

[2] 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

1AC

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.

1AC Kant

Underview

1] The 1AC acknowledges the state is bad in many ways. However, the aff uses state as heuristic which doesn’t affirm its legitimacy but allows enhanced governmental resistance.

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

Framing

We need to embrace the state as a heuristic – even if it’s bad we need to learn to fight 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

Underview

[1] 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

Framing

Advantage 2: Storage

The United States Federal Government should substantially increase funding to $420million instead of the proposed $348million for research and development of nuclear vitrification in the Idaho National Laboratory.

Government-as-heuristic is not an abstraction, but rather provides a means of understanding the state and breaking it down.

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

Aff Answers

Perm

State Good

That alternative fails-universal rejection of the state does not limit its power. Prefer negative state action that results in material change.

Zanotti 13’ [Laura, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2013, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World,” Alternatives: Global, Local, Political 201X, Vol XX(X) 1–17.]

Zanotti 13’

1NC

Case

Method

Government-as-heuristic is not an abstraction, but rather provides a means of understanding the state and breaking it down.

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

Offense

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.

1

[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. ]

Kritik Underview

prefer empircs over analytics on the side bias debate because empirics test the assumptions behind the analytics. There is a reason people flip neg in out rounds ill give you a hint it isn’t because affirming is easy.

[1] 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

AC

1AC – National Security

1AC – Method

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.

Zanotti 14

1AR

Fem

Fiat Illusory

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

Plan

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.

1AC

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.

AC – National Security

1AC – National Security

1AC – Method

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.

Zanotti 14

Round 4—Neg vs Oklahoma CY

2NC

t

topical version of the aff solves—specific plans serve as a heuristic for interrogating governmentality

Zanotti 14 – Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech (Laura, “Governmentality, Ontology, Methodology: Re-thinking Political Agency in the Global World” – Alternatives: Global, Local, Political – vol 38(4):p. 288-304, obtained via University of Michigan Library)

Zanotti 14

AC – National Security

1AC – National Security

1AC – Method

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.

Zanotti 14

1AC

Underview

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.

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Using the state as a heuristic means we defend the state without being statist – it’s 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.

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Framing

Normative statements about state policy allow for a heuristic of engagement absent endorsement --- key to establishing a productive pedagogy

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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Method

The 1AC acknowledges the state is bad in many ways. However, the aff uses state as heuristic which doesn’t affirm its legitimacy but allows enhanced governmental resistance.

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

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Underview

8] The 1AC acknowledges the state is bad in many ways. However, the aff uses state as heuristic which doesn’t affirm its legitimacy but allows enhanced governmental resistance.

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

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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.

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Plan

7] 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.

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1AC – Finals

1AC – Method

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]

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Advantage 2: Human Rights

[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.

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The aff is a contingent demand on the state that seeks to reform it from within. Totalizing demonizations of power and government ignore complexities and uncertainties within power

Laura Zanotti 13, 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, Sage

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Second, simulation – 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 this 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.] JCH-PF

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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.

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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)

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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.

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