Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect: Participatory Governance in

Description: This book supports the case for environmental democracy, but argues that sustaining democratic practices will be difficult during the global climate turmoil ahead. Professor Frank Fischer has been Distinguished Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at Rutgers University and is currently Senior Faculty Fellow at the University of Kassel in Germany and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Environmental Policy Research at the Free University of Berlin. He has published 15 books on public policy and environmental politics and taught and lectured around the world. He is also co-editor of Critical Policy Studies journal and one of the founders of the International Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference. He also received the Harold Lasswell Award for contributions to the field of Public Policy Studies from Policy Studies Organization. Introduction; Part I: Climate Change, Crisis and the Future of Democracy: Setting the Stage; 1 Ecological Crisis and Climate Change: From State of Emergency to 'Fortress World'?; 2 Democracy at Risk: Citizen Environmentalism and the Technocratic Challenge; 3 Technocratic Strategy as Central Steering: From Sustainable Development to Transition Management; Part II: Democratic Prospects in Face of Climate Crisis; 4 Democratic Environmental Participation and Ecological Citizenship: From Theoretical Ideas to Practical Alternatives?; 5 The Green State as Environmental Democracy? Political Power, Globalization. and Post-Democracy; Part III: Environmental Democracy as Participatory Governance; 6 Participatory Environmental Governance: Citizens, Civil Society, and Collaborative Expertise; 7 Participatory Forestry and the Community Forest Movement in Nepal: Deliberative Politics and Participatory Policy Expertise; 8 Participatory Environmental Governance: The Global Ecovillage Movement; Part IV: Making Theory Matter: From Resilience to Eco-Localism and Participatory Governance; 9 Urban Sustainability, Eco-Cities, and Transition Towns: Resilience Theory as Apolitical Practice; 10 Relocalization for Sustainable Communities: Participatory Ecological Practices and Theoretical Foundations; 11 Democracy, Sustainability, and Participatory Environmental Governance: Toward Theory for Hard Times; Conclusion

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