Democratic Norms of Earth System Governance

An analysis of the normative prerequisites for addressing the challenges of democratic earth system governance in the Anthropocene.

Walter F. Baber (Author), Robert V. Bartlett (Author)

9781108926577, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 April 2021

260 pages
24.5 x 17 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg

Deliberative democracy is well-suited to the challenges of governing in the Anthropocene. But deliberative democratic practices are only suited to these challenges to the extent that five prerequisites - empoweredness, embeddedness, experimentality, equivocality, and equitableness - are successfully institutionalized. Governance must be: created by those it addresses, applicable equally to all, capable of learning from (and adapting to) experience, rationally grounded, and internalized by those who adopt and experience it. This book analyzes these five major normative principles, pairing each with one of the Earth System Governance Project's analytical problems to provide an in-depth discussion of the minimal conditions for environmental governance that can be truly sustainable. It is ideal for scholars and graduate students in global environmental politics, earth system governance, and international environmental policy. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

1. Democratic Governance in the Anthropocene: Equivocal, Experimental, Equitable, Empowered, Embedded
2. Toward a Consensual Earth System Governance
3. Empowered Democratic Agency in the Anthropocene: Reconciling People to Nature and Each Other
4. Embedded Governance Architecture in the Anthropocene: The Structure of Institutionalized Ecological Rationality
5. Experimental Adaptiveness in the Anthropocene: Reconciling Communities and Institutions to Environmental Change
6. Equivocal Democratic Accountability in the Anthropocene: Where Effective Legislatures Don't Exist
7. Equitable Access and Allocation in the Anthropocene: Reconciling Today and Tomorrow
8. Earth System Democracy: Governing Humanity in the Anthropocene
Afterword: Governance by Uncommon Global Environmental Law?
Bibliography
Endnotes
Index.

Subject Areas: Sustainability [RNU], Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Climate change [RNPG], Environment law [LNKJ], International environmental law [LBBP], International relations [JPS], Political science & theory [JPA]