Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory: The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal

by Humphrey Mathew and Mathew Humphrey

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415553938
• ISBN13: 9780415553933
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"