Democracy and the Environment: Problems and Prospects - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1858987733 ISBN 13: 9781858987736

Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Pub, 1998

Riassunto

A complex relationship exists between democratic politics and the management of the environment. Democracy and the Environment presents major new work on the challenges and dilemmas which environmental problems pose for the processes of democratic politics.

The relationship between environmental values and goals and democratic theory and practice is explored through original essays by established scholars whose conclusions are then integrated by the editors into a concluding essay. This major book illustrates and analyses the many ways in which environmental problems pose difficulties for democratic decision-makers. Environmental problems impact across established regional and national boundaries, and involve complex social processes, intricate patterns of loss and gain, and time scales which do not synchronise with electoral political systems. The essays in Democracy and the Environment reflect critically upon the experience of democratic states, explore the contradiction between popular participation and environmental management, and consider the kind of reforms needed to enhance the capacity of democratic systems to handle environmental problems.

Focusing on the democratic process and combining theoretical and empirical analysis with discussion of the pragmatic implications, the authors present constructive criticism and analysis which seeks to encourage more effective environmental decision making and the promotion of global sustainable development.

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Book by Meadowcroft James

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Edward Elgar Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1858987733
• ISBN 13: 9781858987736
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Redattore: Lafferty William M.
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