Grantocracy: Conservation grant-making and the territorialization of neoliberalism in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula

► Grantocracy is introduced to analyze reregulation of the state under neoliberalism. ► A conservation case study in Michigan demonstrates grantocracy in action. ► Partnerships between government and local actors are shown to be prevalent. ► Conservation grant-making result in programs being recombined in conflicting ways. ► Limited transparency in conservation grant-making elides the state's positive role.