Logics of participation: rural environmental governance under neo-liberalism in Australia

Article Abstract:

The Australian Landcare movement is an example of a move toward participatory environmental governance which has been promoted by federal and state governments. Neo-liberal reforms can be legitimated and supported by participatory rhetoric and bounded democratization. These schemes tend to be localized and linked to the production goals of local communities and farmers, and such a local approach does not tackle the wider issues that are important in rural Australia. Some local groups have realized this need for wider involvement.

Agriculture, Australia, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy

---

Entangled logics and grassroots imaginaries of global justice networks

Article Abstract:

The investigation of entangled operational logics of two global justice networks that is People's Global Action Asia and the European arm of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy and Mining Workers are presented, as they combat tendencies towards emerging operational hierarchies. The work of key activists, or imagineers, in their role as 'grassrooting vectors' is assessed as the possibilities for the construction of mutual solidarities between social movements.

Asia, Social aspects, Justice, Administration of, Administration of justice, Social movements

---

Changing public discourse on the environment: Danish media coverage of the Rio and Johannesburg U.N. summits

Article Abstract:

The U.N. summits in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and Johannesburg 2002 held discussions on the global environmental degradation and unsustainable development. The Danish television coverage of the summits and global environmental issues like biodiversity, sustainability and global warming are analyzed as wider public conceptions of the environment.

Denmark, Conferences, meetings and seminars, United Nations, Media coverage, Environmental protection, Summit meetings, Environmental issue

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Ideological conflict in the radical environmental group Earth First! Non-governmental organizations and governance states: The impact of transnational environmental management networks in Madagascar

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.