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Bringing Society Back In: Grassroots Ecosystem Management, Accountability, and Sustainable Communities (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)
Edward P. Weber
Hardcover. The MIT Press 2003-03.
ISBN 9780262232265
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Förlagets beskrivning
In the last two decades, people in a growing number of localities in the
United States have developed grassroots ecosystem management (GREM) as a means
to resolve policy problems affecting their environment, economy, and
communities. Ad hoc and voluntary groups of environmentalists, developers,
businesspeople, federal and state resource managers, farmers, loggers, local
citizens, and those representing recreation interests use deliberation and
consensus to enhance public policy performance. Instead of focusing on specific issues such as air pollution, GREM
emphasizes the integrated management of entire watersheds and ecosystems. But
what happens to democratic accountability in these collaborative efforts?
Despite concerns that they might result in special interest government, the
acceleration of environmental degradation, and an end-run around national
environmental protection laws, this research suggests otherwise. This volume
establishes a theoretical framework for exploring issues of policy performance
and democratic accountability raised by GREM. Through three case studies - the
Applegate Partnership in Oregon, the Henry's Fork Watershed Council in Idaho,
and the Willapa Alliance in Washington state - it explores the mechanisms used
to determine how accountability works. The book finds that by combining
traditional and formal governance structures with informal institutions, GREM
can be accountable to individuals, communities, surrounding regions, and the
nation. The book also identifies conditions under which GREM is most likely to
achieve democratic accountability. In addition, it investigates the connection
between accountability and policy performance. The evidence suggests that GREM
can produce environmental policy outcomes that are supportive not only of the
environment and economy, but also of environmental sustainability. This volume establishes a theoretical framework for exploring issues of
policy performance and democratic accountability raised by GREM. Through three
case studies it explores the mechanisms used to determine how accountability
works.
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