TY - JOUR
T1 - Political and Ecological Communication
AU - Dryzek, John S.
PY - 1995/12/1
Y1 - 1995/12/1
N2 - Democracy is a matter of effective communication, not just preference aggregation. Normally it is only communication among humans about human interests that is at issue. But democracy can also exist or be denied in human dealings With the natural World. Ecological democratisation is therefore a matter of better integration of political and ecological communication. Principles of ecological democracy can be used both to criticise existing institutional arrangements, and to inspire asearch for alternative institutions that Would better integrate politics and ecology.
AB - Democracy is a matter of effective communication, not just preference aggregation. Normally it is only communication among humans about human interests that is at issue. But democracy can also exist or be denied in human dealings With the natural World. Ecological democratisation is therefore a matter of better integration of political and ecological communication. Principles of ecological democracy can be used both to criticise existing institutional arrangements, and to inspire asearch for alternative institutions that Would better integrate politics and ecology.
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U2 - 10.1080/09644019508414226
DO - 10.1080/09644019508414226
M3 - Article
VL - 4
SP - 13
EP - 30
JO - Environmental Politics
JF - Environmental Politics
SN - 0964-4016
IS - 4
ER -