Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-163) and index.
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Crisis management : eco-authoritarianism and the inadequacy of democracy -- Anarcho-primitivism and direct action politics -- The 'war on eco-terror' -- The justification of environmental direct action -- Ecology, autonomy, and liberal democracy -- Deliberative democracy and the challenge of radical environmentalism -- Radical environmentalism and the idea of public reason.
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"Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent 'deliberative turn' in environmental political thought. Deliberative democracy has become popular for those seeking a reconciliation of these two forms of politics. Demand for equal access to a public forum in which the best argument will prevail appears to offer a way of incorporating environmental interests into the democratic process. This book argues that deliberative theory, far from being friendly to the environmental movement, shackles the ability of those seeking radical change to make their voices heard in the most effective manner."--Jacket.