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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972931403321

Autore

Smith Graham <1966->

Titolo

Deliberative democracy and the environment / / Graham Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-39231-1

0-415-30939-5

1-134-39232-X

1-280-07276-8

0-203-20799-8

Descrizione fisica

xii, 163 p

Collana

Environmental politics

Disciplina

320.5

Soggetti

Green movement

Democracy

Environmental ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Value pluralism and the environment -- chapter 2 Environmental economics and the internalisation of environmental values -- chapter 3 Deliberative democracy and green political theory -- chapter 4 Three deliberative models -- chapter 5 Towards ecological democratisation.

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary democracies are frequently criticized for failing to respond adequately to environmental problems and our political institutions are often charged with misrepresenting environmental values in decision-making processes. In this innovative volume, Graham Smith argues that the enhancement and institutionalisation of democratic deliberation will improve reflection on the wide range of environmental values that citizens hold. Drawing on theories of deliberative democracy, Smith argues that institutions need to be restructured in order to promote democratic dialogue and reflection on the plurality of environmental values. Deliberative Democracy and the Environment makes an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between democratic and green political theory. Drawing on evidence from Europe and the United States, it



systematically engages with questions of institutional design.