1st Edition

Governing Biodiversity through Democratic Deliberation

Edited By Mikko Rask, Richard Worthington Copyright 2015
338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

338 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book discusses political controversies involved in global biodiversity policy, and the practical opportunities that are opened up in solving them through increased citizen participation and democratic deliberation. It examines the emerging practice of deliberative global governance and its political consequences. The collection focuses on the intersection of global biodiversity policy... Read more

Part 1 Introduction 1. Understanding the Demand for Global Citizen Deliberation on Biodiversity Policy Mikko Rask and Richard Worthington  2. WWViews on Biodiversity – New Methodological Developments and Ambitions Bjørn Bedsted, Søren Gram, Marie Louise Jørgensen and Lars Klüver  Part 2 Global Biodiversity Policy Perspectives  3. The Variegated Landscape of Biodiversity Policy Richard Worthington and Rose Egelhoff  4. Preserving Biodiversity in the European Union Sylvain Gallais  5. Biodiversity and Sustainability in Nepal: A Role for Deliberation? Jailab Rai, Rahul Karki and Richard Worthington  Part 3 Constructing A Global Citizen's Voice  6. Constructing the ‘Citizen’ in Global Deliberations Louise Phillips, Birgit Jæger, Erling Jelsøe and Annika Agger  7. The Role of Gender in Global Citizen Deliberation Rüdiger Goldschmidt, David Tomblin and Mikko Rask  8. A Mutual Learning Approach to WWViews Katrin Vohland, Martin Knapp, Eva Patzschke, Malte Timpte, Rene Zimmer  9. Bridging Global-Local Knowledge Gaps in Public Deliberation Naoyuki MIKAMI and Ekou YAGI  Part 4 The Art of Amplification  10. Media Strategy and Networks at the Margins of Biodiversity Governance Henry Geddes and Su Young Choi  11. Amplifying Deliberative Results to Access Policy Networks: The Role of Informal Science Education Institutions Gretchen Gano and David Sittenfeld  Part 5 Reflective Institutional Design 12. ‘Mini-publics’, Competence and Reliable Decisions James Wong  13. Standardizing Heterogeneity: Negotiating Designs for Transnational Citizen Engagement Nina Amelung  14. The Circulation of Ideas: A Discursive Deliberative Knowledge System for biodiversity policy Vanessa Liston  Part 6 Conclusions  15. Global Citizen Deliberation – A Long Shot toward Sustainable Biodiversity Policy? Richard Worthington and Mikko Rask

 

Biography

Mikko Rask is adjunct Professor and senior researcher at University of Helsinki, Finland

Richard Worthington is Professor at Pomona College, California, USA