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Climates of democracy: Skeptical, rational, and radical imaginaries
WIREs Climate Change ( IF 9.4 ) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 , DOI: 10.1002/wcc.774 Amanda Machin 1
WIREs Climate Change ( IF 9.4 ) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 , DOI: 10.1002/wcc.774 Amanda Machin 1
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How will the theories and practices of democracy fare in a climate changing world? Are conventional democratic institutions ultimately doomed or are they able to become more responsive to a changing climate? Is there a need to reimagine democracy and how might it be reimagined? This article reviews the different responses to these questions by distinguishing between three “political imaginaries” in which the relationship between climate change and democracy takes distinct forms. I start by showing how the concept of “political imaginaries” can facilitate the comparison of the different ways in which the relation between democracy and climate change is constructed, before reviewing three such imaginaries. The skeptical imaginary, found in the “eco-authoritarianism” of the 1970s that is echoed by much sociopolitical analysis today, casts doubt on the possibilities of democratic mechanisms to respond adequately and swiftly to the problem of climate change. Those who resist such skepticism often defend democracy by arguing that institutions and processes of democracy can be made more “ecologically rational”—the rational imaginary of climate democracy involves improvements in political representation and participation. Finally, I present the alternative radical democratic imaginary, in which the crisis of climate change provides a moment for the rupture of existing sociopolitical structures and the formation of alternatives. The article concludes that although none of these imaginaries is able to capture the entirety of climate change politics around the world, the radical democratic imaginary is responsive to the inevitable and valuable plurality around the issue of climate change.
中文翻译：
民主气候：怀疑的、理性的和激进的想象
在气候变化的世界中，民主的理论和实践将如何发展？传统的民主制度最终注定要失败，还是它们能够对不断变化的气候做出更多反应？是否有必要重新构想民主以及如何重新构想它？本文通过区分气候变化与民主之间的关系采取不同形式的三种“政治想象”，回顾了对这些问题的不同回应。在回顾三个这样的想象之前，我首先展示了“政治想象”的概念如何有助于比较构建民主与气候变化之间关系的不同方式。持怀疑态度的imaginary 在 1970 年代的“生态威权主义”中发现，如今得到许多社会政治分析的呼应，它让人怀疑民主机制能否充分和迅速地应对气候变化问题。那些抵制这种怀疑论的人经常通过争辩说民主的制度和过程可以变得更加“生态理性”来捍卫民主——理性的气候民主的想象涉及政治代表性和参与的改善。最后，我提出了另类的激进民主想象，其中气候变化危机为现有社会政治结构的破裂和替代方案的形成提供了机会。文章的结论是，尽管这些想象中没有一个能够捕捉到全球气候变化政治的全部内容，但激进的民主想象对围绕气候变化问题不可避免且有价值的多元化做出了回应。
更新日期：2022-04-21
中文翻译：
民主气候：怀疑的、理性的和激进的想象
在气候变化的世界中，民主的理论和实践将如何发展？传统的民主制度最终注定要失败，还是它们能够对不断变化的气候做出更多反应？是否有必要重新构想民主以及如何重新构想它？本文通过区分气候变化与民主之间的关系采取不同形式的三种“政治想象”，回顾了对这些问题的不同回应。在回顾三个这样的想象之前，我首先展示了“政治想象”的概念如何有助于比较构建民主与气候变化之间关系的不同方式。持怀疑态度的imaginary 在 1970 年代的“生态威权主义”中发现，如今得到许多社会政治分析的呼应，它让人怀疑民主机制能否充分和迅速地应对气候变化问题。那些抵制这种怀疑论的人经常通过争辩说民主的制度和过程可以变得更加“生态理性”来捍卫民主——理性的气候民主的想象涉及政治代表性和参与的改善。最后，我提出了另类的激进民主想象，其中气候变化危机为现有社会政治结构的破裂和替代方案的形成提供了机会。文章的结论是，尽管这些想象中没有一个能够捕捉到全球气候变化政治的全部内容，但激进的民主想象对围绕气候变化问题不可避免且有价值的多元化做出了回应。
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