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Author |
: Robert J. Brulle |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0262522810 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780262522816 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Agency, Democracy, and Nature by : Robert J. Brulle
In this book Robert Brulle draws on a broad range of empirical and theoretical research to investigate the effectiveness of U.S. environmental groups. Brulle shows how Critical Theory--in particular the work of Jürgen Habermas--can expand our understanding of the social causes of environmental degradation and the political actions necessary to deal with it. He then develops both a pragmatic and a moral argument for broad-based democratization of society as a prerequisite to the achievement of ecological sustainability. From the perspectives of frame analysis, resource mobilization, and historical sociology, using data on more than one hundred environmental groups, Brulle examines the core beliefs, structures, funding, and political practices of a wide variety of environmental organizations. He identifies the social processes that foster the development of a democratic environmental movement and those that hinder it. He concludes with suggestions for how environmental groups can make their organizational practices more democratic and politically effective.
Author |
: Ben A. Minteer |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0742515230 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780742515239 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Democracy and the Claims of Nature by : Ben A. Minteer
In Democracy and the Claims of Nature, the leading thinkers in the fields of environmental, political, and social theory come together to discuss the tensions and sympathies of democratic ideals and environmental values. The prominent contributors reflect upon where we stand in our understanding of the relationship between democracy and the claims of nature. Democracy and the Claims of Nature bridges the gap between the often competing ideals of the two fields, leading to a greater understanding of each for the other.
Author |
: Robert Joseph Brulle |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 800 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:33184674 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Agency, Democracy, and the Environment by : Robert Joseph Brulle
Author |
: Walter F. Baber |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2015-02-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262527224 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262527227 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Consensus and Global Environmental Governance by : Walter F. Baber
Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett.
Author |
: Fred Dallmayr |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2010-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781438430409 |
ISBN-13 |
: 143843040X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Promise of Democracy by : Fred Dallmayr
Presentation of a new, ethical vision of democracy built around self-rule, civic education, and ethical cultivation.
Author |
: Sheila Jasanoff |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 391 |
Release |
: 2011-06-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400837311 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400837316 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Designs on Nature by : Sheila Jasanoff
Biology and politics have converged today across much of the industrialized world. Debates about genetically modified organisms, cloning, stem cells, animal patenting, and new reproductive technologies crowd media headlines and policy agendas. Less noticed, but no less important, are the rifts that have appeared among leading Western nations about the right way to govern innovation in genetics and biotechnology. These significant differences in law and policy, and in ethical analysis, may in a globalizing world act as obstacles to free trade, scientific inquiry, and shared understandings of human dignity. In this magisterial look at some twenty-five years of scientific and social development, Sheila Jasanoff compares the politics and policy of the life sciences in Britain, Germany, the United States, and in the European Union as a whole. She shows how public and private actors in each setting evaluated new manifestations of biotechnology and tried to reassure themselves about their safety. Three main themes emerge. First, core concepts of democratic theory, such as citizenship, deliberation, and accountability, cannot be understood satisfactorily without taking on board the politics of science and technology. Second, in all three countries, policies for the life sciences have been incorporated into "nation-building" projects that seek to reimagine what the nation stands for. Third, political culture influences democratic politics, and it works through the institutionalized ways in which citizens understand and evaluate public knowledge. These three aspects of contemporary politics, Jasanoff argues, help account not only for policy divergences but also for the perceived legitimacy of state actions.
Author |
: Teena Gabrielson |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 726 |
Release |
: 2016-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191508424 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019150842X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory by : Teena Gabrielson
Set at the intersection of political theory and environmental politics, yet with broad engagement across the environmental social sciences and humanities, The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory, defines, illustrates, and challenges the field of environmental political theory (EPT). Featuring contributions from distinguished political scientists working in this field, this volume addresses canonical theorists and contemporary environmental problems with a diversity of theoretical approaches. The initial volume focuses on EPT as a field of inquiry, engaging both traditions of political thought and the academy. In the second section, the handbook explores conceptualizations of nature and the environment, as well as the nature of political subjects, communities, and boundaries within our environments. A third section addresses the values that motivate environmental theorists--including justice, responsibility, rights, limits, and flourishing--and the potential conflicts that can emerge within, between, and against these ideals. The final section examines the primary structures that constrain or enable the achievement of environmental ends, as well as theorizations of environmental movements, citizenship, and the potential for on-going environmental action and change.
Author |
: Julia Lane |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 187 |
Release |
: 2021-10-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262542746 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262542749 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Democratizing Our Data by : Julia Lane
A wake-up call for America to create a new framework for democratizing data. Public data are foundational to our democratic system. People need consistently high-quality information from trustworthy sources. In the new economy, wealth is generated by access to data; government's job is to democratize the data playing field. Yet data produced by the American government are getting worse and costing more. In Democratizing Our Data, Julia Lane argues that good data are essential for democracy. Her book is a wake-up call to America to fix its broken public data system.
Author |
: Frank Fischer |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2000-12-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822380283 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0822380285 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Citizens, Experts, and the Environment by : Frank Fischer
The tension between professional expertise and democratic governance has become increasingly significant in Western politics. Environmental politics in particular is a hotbed for citizens who actively challenge the imposition of expert theories that ignore forms of local knowledge that can help to relate technical facts to social values. Where information ideologues see the modern increase in information as capable of making everyone smarter, others see the emergence of a society divided between those with and those without knowledge. Suggesting realistic strategies to bridge this divide, Fischer calls for meaningful nonexpert involvement in policymaking and shows how the deliberations of ordinary citizens can help solve complex social and environmental problems by contributing local contextual knowledge to the professionals’ expertise. While incorporating theoretical critiques of positivism and methodology, he also offers hard evidence to demonstrate that the ordinary citizen is capable of a great deal more participation than is generally recognized. Popular epidemiology in the United States, the Danish consensus conference, and participatory resource mapping in India serve as examples of the type of inquiry he proposes, showing how the local knowledge of citizens is invaluable to policy formation. In his conclusion Fischer examines the implications of the approach for participatory democracy and the democratization of contemporary deliberative structures. This study will interest political scientists, public policy practitioners, sociologists, scientists, environmentalists, political activists, urban planners, and public administrators along with those interested in understanding the relationship between democracy and science in a modern technological society.
Author |
: Thomas C. Beierle |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 172 |
Release |
: 2010-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136528088 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136528083 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Democracy in Practice by : Thomas C. Beierle
In spite of the expanding role of public participation in environmental decisionmaking, there has been little systematic examination of whether it has, to date, contributed toward better environmental management. Neither have there been extensive empirical studies to examine how participation processes can be made more effective. Democracy in Practice brings together, for the first time, the collected experience of 30 years of public involvement in environmental decisionmaking. Using data from 239 cases, the authors evaluate the success of public participation and the contextual and procedural factors that lead to it. Thomas Beierle and Jerry Cayford demonstrate that public participation has not only improved environmental policy, but it has also played an important educational role and has helped resolve the conflict and mistrust that often plague environmental issues. Among the authors' findings are that intensive 'problem-solving' processes are most effective for achieving a broad set of social goals, and participant motivation and agency responsiveness are key factors for success. Democracy in Practice will be useful for a broad range of interests. For researchers, it assembles the most comprehensive data set on the practice of public participation, and presents a systematic typology and evaluation framework. For policymakers, political leaders, and citizens, it provides concrete advice about what to expect from public participation, and how it can be made more effective. Democracy in Practice concludes with a systematic guide for use by government agencies in their efforts to design successful public participation efforts.