Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect: Participatory Governance in Sustainable Communities
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199594929 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Frank Fischer, Distinguished Professor of Politics and Global Affairs, Rutgers University, Senior Faculty Fellow, the University of Kassel, and Senior Research Associate, Centre for Environmental Policy Research , the Free University of Berlin, Professor Frank Fischer has been Distinguished Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at Rutgers Univ
Luke, University Distinguished Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. It carefully outlines pragmatic approaches to participatory governance and environmental democracy that will succeed. His new book thus offers an important point of departure that sharply challenges the current orthodoxy on democracy and the environment. Think of this book as political survival gear for the coming decades. * Karen Litfin, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Washington * . * Ingolfur Bluhdorn, Head of the Institute for Social Change and Stability, Vienna University of Economics and Business * Penetrating, illuminating, and ultimately hopeful! Frank Fischer's hard thinking for the hard times that lie ahead revitalizes both democratic theory and green theorybut it does far more. * Timothy W. As more individuals and societies
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. 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. A question that does not lend itself to an easy assessment, this volume seeks to out and assess the competing answers. 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. This inquiry undertakes a search for an appropriate political-ecological strategy for preserving a measure of democratic governance during hard times. Al