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Agency, Nature and Emergent Properties: An Interview with Jane Bennett

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  1. Bennett was in residence at the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham between 14 and 18 May 2007. She was the keynote speaker at the 1-day conference ‘Stem Cell Identities, Governance and Ethics: Implications for Social and Political Theory’, which was hosted by the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ), and funded by the CSSGJ, The School of Politics and International Relations. She also took part in a postgraduate workshop on 16 May 2007 at the School of Politics and International Relations.

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Thanks to my friends Rom Coles, Bill Connolly, Bill Dixon, Jairus Grove and Jennifer Lin for helping me to say what I say.

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In this Dialogues with Political Theorists Feature, Gulshan Khan interviews Jane Bannett. We are delighted that the interviews in this feature will also be available on the journal's webside at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/cpt/index.html

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Khan, G. Agency, Nature and Emergent Properties: An Interview with Jane Bennett. Contemp Polit Theory 8, 90–105 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1057/cpt.2008.43

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