Do global climate change and the interest of future generations have implications for democracy?

Beckman, Ludvig

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“…Political theorists have pointed to the various democratically problematic aspects of legitimizing intergenerational, long-term political claims (this discussion is larger than can be properly represented here, but see, for example, Skagen Ekeli, 2005; Thompson, 2005;Beckman, 2008;.…”

Section: The Anthropocene Time Problem and Conceptual Historymentioning

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Time for politics

Nordblad

2016

European Journal of Social Theory

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In a recent scholarly debate, the Anthropocene concept has been criticized for diverting attention from the political aspects of contemporary environmental crises, not least by way of the long timescales it implies. This article therefore takes on the matter of longtermism as an historical and political phenomenon, by applying a conceptual historical perspective. Examples are drawn from historical studies of forest politics. It is argued that conceptions of the long term, as in all concepts in political language, are historical and therefore problematic to legitimately define conclusively. However, many of the environmental crises looming in our time do indeed call for long-term perspectives. As a solution in accordance with its historical and democratic conceptual character, it is suggested that political long-termism paradoxically can and should be constantly deliberated upon and renewed in the short term. Its conceptual history can then serve two purposes: First, history can offer exempla of how long-termism can be conceptualized and institutionalized in ways that encourage continuous deliberation and reconceptualization. Second, historical conceptualizations of the long term can be drawn upon, both negatively and positively, in this continuous deliberation.

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Section: The Anthropocene Time Problem and Conceptual Historymentioning

confidence: 98%

Time for politics

Nordblad

2016

European Journal of Social Theory

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“…Even if empirical evidence for this thesis is ambiguous (Ward 2008), environmental advocates cannot ignore that democracy, with all the limitations associated with existing forms, has more than instrumental value but reflects ideas and ideals of a fundamental nature constitutive of inter-human relations (and some would say, also of the relations between humans and non-human nature). Compromising democracy for environmental reasons, even if this were to enhance the environmental effectiveness of collective choice and action, can be regarded as unacceptable (Beckman 2008) and/or highly risky. A more promising and desirable approach to dealing with the limitations of liberal democracy, therefore, is to seek ways by which existing democratic systems can enhance their environmental effectiveness and their democratic credentials.…”

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Democracy's Myopia: The Search for Correction Aids

Bührs

2012

Australian Journal of Political Science

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That democracy, and in particular the currently dominant form of democracy, liberal democracy, has difficulty dealing with long-term challenges, has been widely recognised. This is problematic for a wide range of policy areas, but perhaps most markedly so in the environmental area. Governments have adopted a range of cognitive, policy and institutional means to 'bring in the future', but the effectiveness and implications for democracy of these are questionable. This article discusses the limitations of some of these tools, and puts forward some ideas by which the myopia of liberal-democratic systems might be diminished.

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“…Y es evidente que esto plantea problemas de fundamentación ético-jurídica (¿es posible un sujeto de derechos que no lo sea de obligaciones? Beckman, 2008;Jonas, 1995), problemas políticos (¿quién puede representar a los no nacidos y hablar en su nombre? Nelson, 2013) o problemas económicos (¿mere-ce la pena que renunciemos ahora a nuestro bienestar a favor de los no nacidos, sin saber exactamente las consecuencias económicas de esa decisión?…”

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Futuros climáticos en disputa

Torre¹

2024

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ResumenLas disputas sobre el Cambio Climático (CC) son disputas sobre el futuro. En este trabajo se diferencian distintos discursos sobre el CC a los que corresponden distintas maneras de imaginar el futuro. Esas diferencias responden a maneras alternativas de concebir las dimensiones formales y práctico-cognitivas de los horizontes de futuro. Dada la relevancia de las luchas sociales sobre el CC y el enfrentamiento de distintos imaginarios de futuro, se concluye que, lejos del diagnóstico de la presentificación, nos encontramos en una coyuntura en la que prima una futurización en disputa. Key words AbstractThe disputes about the climate change are about the future. This paper distinguishes between different discourses on climate change taht correspond to different ways of imagining the future. These differences correspond to alternative ways of conceiving the formal and practicalcognitive dimensions of future horizons. Given the relevance of social struggels over climate change and the confrontation of different imaginary futures, it concludes that, away from the diagnosis of the presentification, we find ourselves in a situation where a contested futurization dominates. Cómo citarRamos Torre, Ramón (2018 Hasta hace poco, la relevancia sociológica del problema del cambio climático (CC, en adelante) no estaba clara (Lever-Tracy, 2008; Dunlap y Brulle, 2015;Zehr, 2014), aunque ya se apuntaba en la sociología medioambiental (en España, los trabajos de Ernest García), en la discusión sobre la sociedad del riesgo (Beck, 2008 y Luhmann, 1992) y en los estudios sociales de la ciencia y la tecnología (Shackley y Wynne, 1996y 1997. Solo más recientemente adquiere plena confirmación académica al publicarse en 2009 el libro de Giddens (2010) sobre los problemas políticos que enfrenta. Que ese libro fuera una reacción al impacto mediático, social y político del Cuarto Informe del IPCC (2007) es más que probable. En cualquier caso, ya sea por el impacto social y mediático del problema, ya por su recepción en la sociología del más alto nivel académico, el CC se ha ido, y se seguirá, convirtiendo en un tema central de indagación y debate sociológico (Dunlap y Brulle, 2015). 1Desde el punto de vista de las ciencias sociales, el CC tiene múltiples caras. Aquí se va a atender a una especialmente relevante: sus relaciones con el tiempo y específicamente lo que propongo denominar el problema de la futurización climática. En efecto, el CC, que ciertamente es un problema del presente, se singulariza por su especial proyección sobre el futuro; abordarlo es abordar el futu-1 Este artículo se enmarca en la investigación «Riesgo, incertidumbre y vulnerabilidad en España» (CSO2010-20235), desarrollada junto con Javier Callejo en el marco del Plan Nacional de I+D+i de la Secretaría de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación del MEC. Una primera versión fue discutida en el XII Congreso de la FES (Gijón, 2016). Agradezco especialmente a Javier Callejo, Pablo Francescutti, Manuel Rodríguez Victoriano, Juanma Iranzo y los dos eval...

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Do global climate change and the interest of future generations have implications for democracy?

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