Constructing the Public Sphere in Compromised Settings
Environmental Governance in the Alberta Forest Sector
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12925354 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John R Parkins (0000-0002-8005-0934, University of Alberta, corresponding author), D J Davidson (0000-0003-1734-7767, University of Alberta) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-196 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2008.00009.x |
| OpenAlex | W2161578125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 28 |
À une époque où l'enthousiasme se manifeste pour une gouvernance environnementale plus délibérative et participative, des études critiques sur ces activités s'avèrent grandement nécessaires. Un forum très en vue sur la gouvernance, le Comité de consultation publique, en est venu à jouer un rôle d'une importance capitale dans la réglementation législative et axée sur les forces du marché des ressources forestières. L'article présente une évaluation critique de ces milieux environnants de plus en plus privés et localisés pour le discours politique du secteur forestier de l'Alberta. Quoique la prudence soit conseillée concernant le potentiel d'engagement actif du citoyen à l'intérieur de comités financés par les entreprises, l'étude de cas révèle l'importance de la variation contextuelle sur la qualité de la délibération. At a time when enthusiasm waxes for a more deliberative and participatory environmental governance, critical inquiries into these activities are sorely needed. One prominent governance forum is the public advisory committee, which has come to play a central role in the legislative and market‐based regulation of forest resources. This paper offers a critical assessment of these increasingly privatized and localized settings for political discourse within the forest sector of Alberta. Although caution is urged regarding the potential for active citizen engagement within corporate‐sponsored committees, the case study reveals the importance of contextual variation in the quality of deliberation
Art · Corporate governance · Economics · Humanities · Management · Political science · Politics · French Urban and Social Studies · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Public Administration
Building institutional capacity for environmental governance through social entrepreneurship
Publicly funded research
Rethinking Effective Public Engagement in Sustainable Forest Governance
Keep it Wild, Keep it Local”
The River Is Not the Same Anymore”
Land use policy and community strategy. Factors enabling and hampering integrated local strategy in Alberta, Canada
Canadian news media and the cultural dynamics of multilevel climate governance
Voice, Trust, and Memory
Habermas and the public sphere
Inclusion and Democracy
The structural transformation of the public sphere
Doing Critical Ethnography
Discursive Democracy
Democracy and Difference
Deliberative Democracy and Beyond
All Dressed Up with Nowhere to Go
Habermas, the Public Sphere, and Controversy
Voice, trust, and memory
Deliberativedemocratictheory
The myth of the best argument
A greener alternative? Deliberative democracy meets local government
Taking Deliberation Seriously
On Systematically Distorted Communication
Forest Management and Advisory Groups in Alberta
Between Facts and Norms
Making a Fragile Public
Decentralisation, participation and accountability in Sahelian forestry
Deliberative Impacts
Tiny Publics
The erosion of citizenship
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2022 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |