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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; List of contributors; Preface; List of acronyms and abbreviations; PART I -- INTRODUCTION; 1 Towards a New Concept of Global Governance; 2 The Story of WWViews; PART II -- 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 III -- EVALUATING THE WWVIEWS PROCESS AND RESULTS; 5 Deliberating or Voting? Results of the Process Evaluation of German WWViews |
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6 Reflecting a Citizen Consultation Project from a Technology Assessment Perspective: The Case of Austria7 Consumerism and Citizenship in the Context of Climate Change; PART IV -- 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 V -- STUDYING POLICY AND MEDIA IMPACTS |
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12 WWViews and Lobbying in Finnish Climate Politics13 Political Influence in the Context of Australian WWViews; 14 Seeking the Spotlight: WWViews and the US Media Context; PART VI -- CONCLUSIONS; 15 Deliberative Global Governance: Next Steps in an Emerging Practice; Appendix Comparison of International Deliberations; Index |
| Summary |
On one day in 2009, in thirty-eight countries around the world, 4,000 ordinary citizens gathered to discuss the future of climate policy. This project, 'WWViews', was the first-ever global democratic deliberation - an attempt to enable ordinary people to reach informed decisions on and impact the global policy process. This book - which analyzes the experiences and lessons from this ground-breaking event - marks the beginning of a new kind of democratic politics, providing practical lessons on how to increase the impact of global deliberation projects within the media and on official |
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Print version record |
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Political ecology.
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Environmental protection -- Citizen participation.
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Environmental policy -- Decision making
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Global environmental change -- Government policy
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Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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Climatic changes -- Government policy
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Environmental policy -- Decision making
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Environmental protection -- Citizen participation
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Global environmental change -- Government policy
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Political ecology
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rask, Mikko
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Minna, Lammi
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| ISBN |
9781317972747 |
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1317972740 |
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