Climate crisis and the democratic prospect : participatory governance in sustainable communities / Frank Fischer.
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 f...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 328 pages ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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.