Deliberative democracy and the Tasmanian forest peace process

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6234985
AutoresJacki Schirmer (0000-0003-3443-4686, University of Canberra, autor correspondente), Melanie Dare, Lain Dare (0000-0002-3134-7723, University of Canberra), Selen A Ercan (0000-0002-3649-2882, University of Canberra)
Ano2016
Volume51
Fascículo2
Páginas288-307
Data de publicação2016-04-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361146.2015.1123673
OpenAlexW2279693052
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas25

Decades of contention regarding Tasmania's forests have been accompanied by several attempts for peace. Most recently the 'forest peace process' culminated in the 2012 Tasmanian Forest Agreement (TFA). We evaluate the peace process that led to the TFA, and its subsequent dismantling, from the perspective of deliberative democracy, which promises to achieve democratically legitimate outcomes in the toughest conflicts. Using normative criteria to evaluate the deliberative democratic quality of the process, our analysis shows that trades-offs were needed, and not all normative criteria could be achieved equally and simultaneously. Despite its shortcomings, and short-lived life, the peace process illustrates the possibility of achieving meta-consensus in deep value conflicts, and the crucial role of this consensus for sustaining deliberation

Deliberation · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Environmental ethics · Normative · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Value (mathematics · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Public Administration · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses