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.
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