Citizen Participation in Global Environmental Governance

Herausgeber: Worthington, Richard; Minna, Lammi; Rask, Mikko

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Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781849713795
• ISBN-10: 1849713790
• Artikelnr.: 33321079

Autorenporträt

Mikko Rask, PhD in Environmental Strategies and Technology Assessment, is Senior Researcher at the National Consumer Research Centre Finland. He has experience of several national and EU projects on technology assessment, foresight and sustainability policy. He has published widely on these themes, taught courses in futures studies and lectured on science, technology and risk studies in several universities. He was the country coordinator of WWViews Finland. Richard Worthington is Professor of Politics at Pomona College, USA, where he chairs the Program in Public Policy Analysis as well as the Program in Science, Technology and Society of the Claremont Colleges. He chairs the Board of Trustees of the Loka Institute, which advocates democratic approaches to scientific and technological policies and practices, and has been a consultant to leading companies in the global information industry. He has written widely on environmental activism, science policy, and politics in the Americas, including Rethinking Globalization: Production, Politics, Actions (2000). Dr. Worthington coordinated the 5 WWViews sites in the USA. Minna Lammi, PhD in Political Science from University of Helsinki, is Head of Research at the National Consumer Research Centre in Finland. Her research focuses on the construction of consumer society and the interconnection between consumerism and citizenship. She has been published in the International Journal of Consumer Studies amongst others and has edited several books.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction Part 1 1. Toward a New Concept of Global Governance
2. The Story of WWViews Part 2 Understanding the Trend of International
Deliberation 3. The Creation of a Global Voice for Citizens - The Case of
Denmark 4. Crossing Boundaries with Deliberation: But, Where Are We Going?
Part 3 Evaluating the WWViews Process and Results 5. Deliberating or
Voting? Results of the Process Evaluation of German WWViews 6. Reflecting a
Citizen Consultation Project from a Technology Assessment Perspective the
Case of Austria 7. Consumerism and Citizenship in the Context of Climate
Change Part 4 Discussing Cultural Variation and Local Engagement of
Expertise 8. Representativeness and the Politics of Inclusion: Insights
from WWViews Canada 9. WWViews in the Global South: Evidence from India 10.
Linking Citizen Participation and Education in Sciences The Case of Uruguay
11. Adapting Citizen Consultation in a Small Island Context The Case of
Saint Lucia Part 5 Studying Policy and Media Impacts 12. WWViews and
Lobbying in Finnish Climate Politics 13. Political Influence in the Context
of Australian WWViews 14. Seeking the Spotlight: WWViews and the U.S. Media
Context Part 5 Conclusions 15. Deliberative Global Governance: Next Steps
in an Emerging Practice. List of Abbreviations . Appendix 1. Comparison of
International Deliberations. List of Contributors