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oa Duurzaamheid en draagvlak
Een politiek- filosofische beschouwing over deliberatieve democratie en ‘glokalisering’
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Mens & Maatschappij, Volume 95, Issue 3, Aug 2020, p. 241 - 271
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- 01 Aug 2020
Abstract
Sustainability and Public Support: Political-Philosophical reflections on deliberative democracy and ‘glocalization’
This article explores two parallel strategies that could enhance a shift towards becoming a sustainable society. Such a transition requires major changes in lifestyle and coexistence and can only be achieved with extensive public support. We argue that innovative practices of democratic deliberation and strengthening a (g)local gaze could generate such much needed public support because they both involve citizens as critical co-creators in tangible processes of change. Both strategies depart from the everyday life-world experiences of people in their own living environments but also challenge them to resituate their personal concerns in broader planetary perspectives.