Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory (Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy)

✍ Scribed by M. Humphrey

Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 186
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent ‘deliberative turn’ in environmental political thought. Deliberative democracy has become popular for those seeking a reconciliation of these two forms of politics. Demand for equal access to a public forum in which the best argument will prevail appears to offer a way of incorporating environmental interests into the democratic process. This book argues that deliberative theory, far from being friendly to the environmental movement, shackles the ability those seeking radical change to make their voices heard in the most effective manner. Mathew Humphrey challenges beliefs about the relationship between ecological politics and democracy at a time when those who take direct action are being swept up in the War on Terror. By calling for a more open and contested form of democracy, in which the boundaries of what constitutes ‘acceptable’ behaviour are not decided in advance of actual debate, Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory is an original contribution to the literature on environmental politics, ecological thought and democracy.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Series preface......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Part I: Ecological politics against democracy......Page 26
1. Crisis management: Eco-authoritarianism and the inadequacy of democracy......Page 28
2. Anarcho-primitivism and direct action politics......Page 47
3. The ‘war on eco-terror’......Page 64
4. The justification of environmental direct action......Page 80
Part II: Democracy, deliberation, and ecological outcomes......Page 96
5. Ecology, autonomy, and liberal democracy......Page 98
6. Deliberative democracy and the challenge of radical environmentalism......Page 111
7. Radical environmentalism and the idea of public reason......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 156
Notes......Page 162
Bibliography......Page 171
Index......Page 182

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