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The Legitimacy and Efficiency Claims of Ecological Deliberative Democracy. A Case Study of the Municipality of Malmö.

Nilsson Hedman, Sandra (2008)
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis illuminates the deliberative democratic ideal's claim for efficiency and legitimacy that is brought forward by Robyn Eckersley and John S. Dryzek as being an essential brick in the struggle for a societal development that is ecologically sustainable. The take off lies in the belief that the current liberal democracy is incapable of responding sufficiently to the ecological problems and that democracy must be grounded within a reflexive citizenry that considers all possibly affected (including humans-to-come and nonhuman living) in its decisions if we are to develop an ecologically sustainable society.

Additionally, I perform an empirical case study of the official Environmental Programs that lies as a plan of action across a... (More)
This thesis illuminates the deliberative democratic ideal's claim for efficiency and legitimacy that is brought forward by Robyn Eckersley and John S. Dryzek as being an essential brick in the struggle for a societal development that is ecologically sustainable. The take off lies in the belief that the current liberal democracy is incapable of responding sufficiently to the ecological problems and that democracy must be grounded within a reflexive citizenry that considers all possibly affected (including humans-to-come and nonhuman living) in its decisions if we are to develop an ecologically sustainable society.

Additionally, I perform an empirical case study of the official Environmental Programs that lies as a plan of action across a period of a few years in a Swedish municipality to get an understanding of to what extent the deliberative aspects have been, and are considered today. The target of my study is the municipality of Malmö, more specifically; its environmental documents guiding its different institutions. The documents are screened with some of the features of Eckersley's deliberative model as indicators. This municipality is responsible for the environmental work being brought about in an area that is currently expanding in means of population, buildings and modes of transportation, which leaves opportunities to work in a sustainable direction, alternatively, threats to generations to come.

Following the analysis, using the perspective of ecological deliberative democracy; the municipality lacks important deliberative features if it aims at reaching an ecologically sustainable society.

Key words: deliberative democracy, municipalities, ecological values, social learning, legitimacy (Less)
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author
Nilsson Hedman, Sandra
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
deliberative democracy, municipalities, ecological values, social learning, legitimacy, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
language
English
id
1320391
date added to LUP
2008-04-17 00:00:00
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2008-04-17 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{This thesis illuminates the deliberative democratic ideal's claim for efficiency and legitimacy that is brought forward by Robyn Eckersley and John S. Dryzek as being an essential brick in the struggle for a societal development that is ecologically sustainable. The take off lies in the belief that the current liberal democracy is incapable of responding sufficiently to the ecological problems and that democracy must be grounded within a reflexive citizenry that considers all possibly affected (including humans-to-come and nonhuman living) in its decisions if we are to develop an ecologically sustainable society.

Additionally, I perform an empirical case study of the official Environmental Programs that lies as a plan of action across a period of a few years in a Swedish municipality to get an understanding of to what extent the deliberative aspects have been, and are considered today. The target of my study is the municipality of Malmö, more specifically; its environmental documents guiding its different institutions. The documents are screened with some of the features of Eckersley's deliberative model as indicators. This municipality is responsible for the environmental work being brought about in an area that is currently expanding in means of population, buildings and modes of transportation, which leaves opportunities to work in a sustainable direction, alternatively, threats to generations to come.

Following the analysis, using the perspective of ecological deliberative democracy; the municipality lacks important deliberative features if it aims at reaching an ecologically sustainable society.

Key words: deliberative democracy, municipalities, ecological values, social learning, legitimacy}},
  author       = {{Nilsson Hedman, Sandra}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Legitimacy and Efficiency Claims of Ecological Deliberative Democracy. A Case Study of the Municipality of Malmö.}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}