Public deliberation on climate change : lessons from Alberta Climate Dialogue

Book 2018

"There exists in both academic and political circles a growing interest in public deliberation as an alternative to the sometimes adversarial and polarizing public engagement activities that result in the pitting of experts against lay people. Proponents of public deliberation claim that a more deliberative process can engage a diversity of participants in a more guided process that better balances expert knowledge and citizen inclusion. Such an...

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ISBN:

9781771992152
1771992158

Description:

xiv, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Profiles of four citizen deliberations involving ABCD / Lorelei L. Hanson
Public deliberation with climate change : theory, practice, and lessons learned from ABCD / David Kahane and Gwendolyn Blue
The economic and political context of public deliberation on climate policy in Alberta / Geoff Salomons and John R. Parkins
Beyond the usual suspects : representation in ABCD's deliberative exercises / Shelley Boulianne
From facts to frames : examining dominant and alternative meanings of climate change in public deliberation initiatives / Gwendolyn Blue
Collaborating on deliberative democracy : learning together on wicked issues in ABCD / David Kahane and Lorelei L. Hanson
On the ground : practitioners' reflections on ABCD's citizen deliberations / Mary Pat MacKinnon, Jacquie Dale, and Susanna Haas Lyons
Climate change, social change, and systems change : lessons from Alberta Climate Dialogue / David Kahane

LCCN:

2017473065

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2492148

Other Authors:

Hanson, Lorelei L., 1964- editor

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