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Can contemporary democratic governments tackle climate crisis? Some argue that democracy has to be a central part of a strategy to deal with climate change. Others argue that experience shows it not to be up to the challenge in the time frame available-that it will require a stronger hand, even a fo...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Can contemporary democratic governments tackle climate crisis? Some argue that democracy has to be a central part of a strategy to deal with climate change. Others argue that experience shows it not to be up to the challenge in the time frame available-that it will require a stronger hand, even a form of eco-authoritarianism. A question that does not lend itself to an easy assessment, this volume seeks to out and assess the competing answers. While the book supports the case for environmental democracy, it argues that establishing and sustaining democratic practices will be difficult during the global climate turmoil ahead, especially in the face of state of emergencies. This inquiry undertakes a search for an appropriate political-ecological strategy for preserving a measure of democratic governance during hard times. Without ignoring the global dimensions of the crisis, the analysis finds an alternative path in the theory and practices participatory environmental governance embodied in a growing relocalization movement, and global eco-localism generally. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 328 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-316) and index. |
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9780199594924 (paperback) : 0199594929 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | GE170 |
| CLC: |
X16 X-01 P467-05 |
| Call Number: | X-01/F529 |
| Contents: | Ecological crisis and climate change: from states of emergency to "fortress world"? -- Democracy at risk : from citizen activism to techno-environmentalism -- Technocratic strategy as central steering : from sustainable development to transition management -- Environmental democracy and ecological citizenship : from theoretical ideals to practical alternatives? -- The green state as environmental democracy? political power, globalization, and post-democracy -- Participatory environmental governance : civil society, citizen engagement, and participatory policy expertise -- The community forest movement in Nepal as participatory governance : civil society, deliberative politics, and participatory expertise -- Practicing participatory environmental governance : ecovillages and the global ecovillage movement -- Urban sustainability, eco-cities, and transition towns : resilience planning as apolitical politics -- Relocalization for sustainable communities : participatory ecological practices and theoretical foundations -- Sustaining democracy in hard times : participatory theory for local environmental governance. |