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Over the last fifty years, the process of community building has been lost in the process of city building. City and suburban design divides us from others in our communities, destroys natural habitats, and fails to provide a joyful context for our lives. In Design for Ecological Democracy, Randolph Hester proposes a remedy for our urban anomie. He outlines new principles for urban design that will allow us to forge connections with our fellow citizens and our natural environment. He demonstrates these principles with abundantly illustrated examples--drawn from forty years of design and planning practice--showing how we can design cities that are ecologically resilient, that enhance community, and that give us pleasure.
Hester argues that it is only by combining the powerful forces of ecology and democracy that the needed revolution in design will take place. Democracy bestows freedom; ecology creates responsible freedom by explaining our interconnectedness with all creatures. Hester's new design principles are founded on three fundamental issues that integrate democracy and ecology: enabling form, resilient form, and impelling form. Urban design must enable us to be communities rather than zoning-segregated enclaves and to function as informed democracies. A simple bench at a centrally located post office, for example, provides an opportunity for connection and shared experience. Cities must be ecologically resilient rather than ecologically imperiled, adaptable to the surrounding ecology rather than dependent on technological fixes. Resilient form turns increased urban density, for example, into an advantage. And cities should impel us by joy rather than compel us by fear; good cities enrich us rather than limit us. Design for Ecological Democracy is essential reading for designers, planners, environmentalists, community activists, and anyone else who wants to improve a local community.
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In Deliberative Environmental Politics, Walter Baber and Robert Bartlett link political theory with the practice of environmental politics, arguing that the "deliberative turn" in democratic theory presents an opportunity to move beyond the policy stalemates of interest group liberalism and offers a foundation for reconciling rationality, strong democracy, and demanding environmentalism. Deliberative democracy, which presumes that the essence of democracy is deliberation -- thoughtful and discursive public participation in decision making -- rather than voting, interest aggregation, or rights, has the potential to produce more environmentally sound policy decisions and a more ecologically rational form of environmental governance.
Baber and Bartlett defend deliberative democracy's relevance to environmental politics in the twenty-first century against criticisms from other theorists. They critically examine three major models for deliberative democracy -- those of John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas, and advocates of full liberalism such as Amy Gutman, Dennis Thompson, and James Bohman -- and analyze the implications of each of these approaches for ecologically rational environmental politics as well as for institutions, citizens, experts, and social movements. In order to establish that democracy is ecologically sustainable and that environmental protection can (and must) become a norm of culture rather than a mere fact of government, they argue, new models of ecological deliberation and deliberative environmentalism are required.
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The Struggle for Ecological Democracy: Environmental Justice Movements in the United States
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Corporate America increasingly relies on environmentally unsustainable forms of production, and not all Americans bear their costs equally. People of color are 47 percent more likely than whites to live near a hazardous waste facility. Fifty-seven percent of whites live in areas with poor air quality, compared to 80 percent of Latinos. Nationwide, nearly a thousand farm workers die of pesticide poisoning each year.
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Ecological Democracy
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Against All Odds; The Green Transformation of American Politics
John Rensenbrink
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John Rensenbrink brings fifteen years of active green work and 30 years of scholarly work together to Against All Odds: The Green Transformation of American Politics to present a blue print for a more democrateic and just America.
Although this book could be used effectively in the classroom, it is by no means written only for the classroom. Rensenbrink does not get caught up in academic "speak", but rather reaches out to the average concerned citizen. He is both thoughtful and heartfelt as he argues for a new politics, a transformation, not replacement of the existing system; a transformation that will bring the United States into the new century well grounded in Eclological Wisdom.
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Green Politics from a "Democrat" green .......2005-04-26
I read this book a few years ago and have since learned who quite a number of the people mentioned in the book are. Many of the Greens Mr. Rensenbrink considered problematic were actually more faithful memebers of a true alternative party than Mr. Rensenbrink has turned out to be. Mr. Rensenbrink turned out to be one of the architects of denying Ralph Nader the Green Party nomination in 2004, which resulted in an intentially weak Green Party candidate that would be no challenge to John Kerry. As a result the Green Party is weak and barely a blip on the radar. What a shame for those that had great hopes for the Green Party and what a disservice to Ralph Nader who wrote the forward to this book. If the Green Party does recover it will have to be in spite of "Democrat" greens like Mr. Rensenbrink.
Exercise your mind.......2000-04-14
This is a thoughtful book, full of ideas that challenge "conventional thinking." It offers tremendous insight into what is quickly becoming the US's Third party. (Candidate Nader is outpacing Reform's Buchanan in the latest Zogby poll 4/11/00.)
Able to provide practical guidence to activists!.......1999-11-19
This is one of the few books that actually goes beyond the ego of an author strutting his or her intellectual stuff, or plugging into archane debates with only a vague idea how those debates might somehow be useful. John provides fine intellectual tools and guidence, but also a basic factual history and a discussion of what it is like to be an activist, and what pitfalls/ opportunities there are to look for. His is the begginning of a discussion, hopefully a systematic one that builds througout the years, of how to be a grass roots activist. It is indeed not a job for amateurs - activism, done right, takes years to develop, and needs to be a healthy part of one's life to sustain that commitment. John starts that discussion - what are the common sorts of things that activists experience, stages they go through and ideas/views they have of themselves and the process along the way. Further, what choices have activists made that helped them, and what choices simply lead them down the road to dropping out. With this information, it becomes possible that more people might survive the reality of activism after the invigoration of idealism - something that provides the only hope for a truely grass roots movement and basis of power.
Too many mis-spelled words - typical for a communist!!.......1999-06-26
Thank you for the reference list of communists!
The real scoop on the Green Party.......1999-05-18
Book Review Against All Odds John Rensenbrink Raymond, ME Leopold Press, Inc. 1999 reviewed by Greg Gerritt First a note. John Rensenbrink, author of Against All Odds, is a close friend and colleague. I have worked with John on some of the campaigns mentioned in the book and I am mentioned in regard to the events in those campaigns. The American news media seem to be more interested in flash and pizzazz than any real analysis of political trends. A 10 second soundbite is much more common than in depth analysis, and a movement that grows slowly from many centers, rather than as a centralized movement that grows rapidly directed by Beltway politicos, may be completely off the radar screen, invisible to the American public who relies upon the mass media for information. Occasionally a journalist, writer, or dilettante will attempt to give us the scoop on a movement flying below the radar screen, but the odds of them presenting an accurate account, providing a complete explanation of the core values and the personalities of the movement, is exceedingly thin. The real scoop seems to only come when one of the leading activists of the movement commits themselves to paper. Therefore anyone interested in the Green Party in the United States, in the role of ecology in our society, in the development of political parties outside the Democratic and Republic parties, or politics in general should welcome the arrival of John Rensenbrink's second book on the Green Party "Against All Odds". John Rensenbrink has written a completely up to date book on where the Green Party is now, how it has gotten there over the last 15 years, and the core values that underlie everything the Greens do. Rensenbrink helped convene the first official Green Party meeting in the United States in 1984, and ever since he has been in the forefront of the movement, helping shape the philosophy and values as well as convening important meetings, chairing national committees, starting important organizations, running for the US Senate, and mentoring emerging leaders. A retired professor of political science, Rensenbrink is able to place what the Greens are doing in a context that goes back to Ancient Greece and is as current Kosovo. The Green Party is based on values, Ecological Wisdom, Non Violence, Social Justice, Democracy, and in the first half of "Against All Odds" Rensenbrink explores the values that have shaped Green thinking. Especially interesting is his discussion of ecology and the way it permeates Green work in all areas. What may be Rensenbrink's most important contribution to study of organizations based on non violence is his discussion of conflict within the Greens. Many people assume that conflict is abhorrent to an organization based on non violence, but Rensenbrink points out how important it is for groups to actually discuss their differences and create mechanisms for moving forward. With this as a context the factionalism in the Greens can be viewed as a healthy part of their evolution rather than a fatal flaw. The second part of the book gives a history of the Greens. Rensenbrink previously wrote "The Greens and the Politics of Transformation" in 1992 and includes of couple of chapters from that book to start the historical section. 1991 was a very important year in the development of the Green Party so the immediacy of having material written at that time is a nice touch. Rensenbrink then brings us up to date with some very detailed stories, allowing the reader to meet some of the characters that are important in Green Politics. His participation in all of the currents of recent Green history biases the account, but as most of the other books written about the Greens have come from members of other factions, it balances the history out, and as the faction that Rensenbrink participates in has become the dominate organizing force in the Greens, and the group leading the Green movement into participation in the larger American political scene, it gives a much clearer picture of where Green organizing is going. The writing in the first half of the book is in the deep philosophical strain, but Rensenbrink's ability as a story teller shines in the latter half. Especially comical are his descriptions of the way Left Green leaders have reacted to the development of the Green Party. The winners get to write the final version of the history, and Rensenbrink hilariously exacts his revenge for the abuse he has taken over the years. Green politics is still a minor strain in American politics, but as the recent victory of Audie Bock in a California legislative race shows, a growing one. Rensenbrink has brought an insiders perspective to this story and told a story that an outsider could not tell as well. If you are interested in third party development, ecological politics, or the Green Party, "Against All Odds" is not to be missed.
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Biodiversity and Democracy: Rethinking Society and Nature
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The world's species, genes, and ecosystems are going extinct at an alarming and unprecedented rate, largely as a result of human activities. If this trend continues, human civilization itself is at risk. Yet we remain either unaware or unconcerned.
In Biodiversity and Democracy, Paul Wood looks at this dilemma from another perspective. He argues that the problem can be traced back to how we think about both biodiversity and democratic societies. He examines the concept of biodiversity, recasting it as an essential environmental condition that is being irreversibly depleted, not a biological resource that can simply be replaced. He then demonstrates how democratic policies cater to short-term public preferences, with little or no concern for the long term.
Wood considers a number of contemporary theories of justice and concludes that biodiversity conservation is a legitimate constraint on current collective preferences and that biodiversity should be conserved, even if it is not in the public's current best interest to do so. This is a strong message that carries serious implications for constitutional and statutory legal reform in liberal democracies.
This book will be of interest to academics and professionals in the related fields of conservation biology, environmental law, public policy, environmental ethics and political philosophy. Public interest groups, environmental advocacy groups and government agencies will also find Wood's approach thought-provoking.
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Democracy and Environmental Movements in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Study of Hungary and Russia
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Democracy and Environmental Movements in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Study of Hungary and Russia is a systematic comparison of environmental activism-and more broadly, collective democratic action-in two former state socialist societies. Based on extensive research, Katy Pickvance offers us a study in contrasts: Russia stands as an example of continuing state centralization, while Hungary has democratized more successfully due to encouraged citizen action. This book sheds light on the differences between these relatively antithetical regimes and shows how such differences shape larger trends of civil and social action in democratizing nations. The result is a wide-ranging investigation of the development of democratic institutions, civic action and environmental movements in the East-European context.
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Comprehensive, intelligent, interesting.......2005-06-22
Comprehensive research book, encompassing not only the development of environmental movements in the context of democracy in these two very different societies,but also including an excellent background study.
Good reading for anybody interested in social developments in post state socialist societies.
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Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries: Economic Growth, Democracy, and Environment (Suny Series in International Environmental Policy and Theory)
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The interconnectedness of the global environment and finiteness of the earth's natural resources require an increased understanding of environmental and natural-resource policy and politics in countries around the world. This is especially true of industrializing countries where widespread ecological disturbances and rapid exploitation of natural resources are taking place. Ecological Policy and Politics in Developing Countries provides an in-depth study of ecological problems, policies, and politics in ten major industrializing countries. Each chapter discusses the increasingly international context of domestic environmental policies and explores some of the powerful interests and institutional forces that contribute to ecological problems and shape the policies to deal with them in each country. The authors identify some of the major impediments to both well-designed environmental policies and their effective implementation. The ten countries included here--the Czech Republic, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Taiwan, Thailand, Slovakia, and Venezuela--cover five continents, over half of the world's population and most of the major industrializing countries.
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Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory (Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy)
Mathew Humphrey
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This volume examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent Â`deliberative turnÂ' 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 those seeking radical change to make their voices heard in the most effective manner.
Mathew Humphrey challenges beliefs about the relationship between ecological politics and democracy at a time when those who take direct action are being swept up in the War on Terror. By calling for a more open and contested form of democracy, in which the boundaries of what constitutes Â`acceptableÂ' behaviour are not decided in advance of actual debate,
Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory is an original contribution to the literature on environmental politics, ecological thought and democracy.
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