Democracy and ecological soundness |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA;2. Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA;1. Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden;2. Political Science Unit, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden;1. Southern Cross University, Australia;2. The Australian National University, Australia;3. University of Otago, New Zealand;4. University of Stavanger, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Though the goals of democracy and ecological soundness are largely believed to be necessarily linked, there is sometimes a lack of adequate argument demonstrating this connection. Defining ecological soundness and democracy and showing weaknesses in some typical attempts to link them, I argue that democracy is in fact necessary for ecological improvement. The undemocratic practices of capitalism, ecological discrimination, and global inequality all play key roles in environmental degradation. Drawing on David Schweickart's (1996) recent argument for “Economic Democracy,” I defend such a model of democratic socialism as the most ecologically sound political and economic form currently possible. |
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