1st Edition

Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal

By Mathew Humphrey Copyright 2007
188 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: Ecological Politics Against Democracy  1. Crisis Management: Eco-Authoritarianism and the Inadequacy of Democracy  2. Anarcho-Primitivism and Direct Action Politics  3. The War on ‘Eco-Terror’  4. The Justification of Environmental Direct Action  Part 2: Democracy, Deliberation, and Ecological Outcomes  5. Ecology, Autonomy, and Liberal Democracy  6. Deliberative Democracy and the Challenge of Radical Environmentalism  7. Radical Environmentalism and the Idea of Public Reason.  Conclusion

Biography

Mathew Humphrey is Reader in Political Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, UK

'There are lessons in this book, not just for political theorists but for advocates, radicals, scientists and anyone who aspires to set an agenda that may go against commonly-held beliefs about acceptable discourse. It is an essential text for any scholars at doctoral level or above who have interest in environmental politics'
Environmental Politics