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431_Self-organized collective action in the floating island project (research summary)
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- May 25, 2026
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Are you interested in the opportunities with floating cities? Our debate today works with the book chapter titled Self-organized collective action in the floating island project from 2019, by Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, part of the book titled Nonviolent Political Economy. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Nathalie Mezza-Garcia in episode 432 talking about the opportunities within floating cities and new governance models. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how autonomous communities on water can bypass traditional state control. This chapter introduces the example of the Special Economic Zone in French Polynesia with decentralised legal frameworks and green technologies allowing people to vote with their feet. Find the article through this link . Abstract: This chapter introduces the Floating Island Project and the libertarian political economy behind its creation. I define this as a self-organized form of governance. Furthermore, I claim, the self-organized form of governance proposed to build the Floating Island is presented as a form of collective action intended to solve problems of the commons. Usually problems of the commons are seen in opposition to libertarian ideologies. The Floating Island Project reconciles both theories. The chapter contributes to the interdisciplinary area of research that within the discipline of political science deals with complex systems. More specifically, the chapter speaks to the field of complex governance, contributing to and extending the scholarship on the governance of complex socio-political systems in general and the Floating Island Project in particular. Connected episodes you might be interested in: No.383R - Potential floating urban development for coa…