Lee, M;
Armeni, C;
(2021)
Participation in a time of climate crisis.
Journal of Law and Society
, 48
(4)
pp. 549-572.
10.1111/jols.12320.
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Abstract
The climate crisis puts real pressure on legal guarantees of public participation in decision making. This pressure comes from a number of directions, but we are particularly concerned with the technocratic erosion of routines of participation, in a turn to expertise rather than democracy for legitimate decision making. At the same time, populists resist the constraints imposed on their power by legal rights of participation. We argue, however, that the climate crisis, while putting pressure on participation, also reinforces its necessity, and the limitations of technocratic decision making. Politics is unavoidable, even and especially in a crisis. Law, or its silence, contributes to the context, the place, and the meaning of participation, and we study its strangely underexplored role in shaping participation on the ground.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Participation in a time of climate crisis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jols.12320 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12320 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137401 |
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