TY - JOUR
T1 - Forms of Political Participation Used within Forest Certification
AU - Dare, Melanie
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Alternative forms of political participation that place little emphasis on traditional representative forms of democracy are becoming more prevalent. Typifying the shift from government to governance, forest certification provides important opportunities for political participation with local, national, and global influence. Using Pippa Norris's three dimensions of political participation?agencies, repertoires, and targets?this article explores political participation within the practice of forest certification. The article highlights how traditional and alternative forms of political participation do not act as a dualism and instead occur simultaneously in practice due to historical, spatial, and practical influences.
AB - Alternative forms of political participation that place little emphasis on traditional representative forms of democracy are becoming more prevalent. Typifying the shift from government to governance, forest certification provides important opportunities for political participation with local, national, and global influence. Using Pippa Norris's three dimensions of political participation?agencies, repertoires, and targets?this article explores political participation within the practice of forest certification. The article highlights how traditional and alternative forms of political participation do not act as a dualism and instead occur simultaneously in practice due to historical, spatial, and practical influences.
KW - Democracy
KW - Forest management
KW - Forest policy
KW - Governance
KW - Public participation
KW - Social acceptability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047310480&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3167/dt.2014.010214
DO - 10.3167/dt.2014.010214
M3 - Article
SN - 2332-8894
VL - 1
SP - 131
EP - 141
JO - Democratic Theory
JF - Democratic Theory
IS - 2
ER -