Ecological reflexivity opens democratic decision-making to excluded environmental viewpoints

Evidence

Of course, from the perspective of environmental and ecological justice, the necessity is a form of citizen deliberation that is inclusive of environmental and ecological points of view, positions, and interests that are traditionally excluded. At a minimum, I want to argue that such participation requires an opening in democratic decision-making for communication from environmental and ecological perspectives—a type of democratic and ecological reflexivity. This refers to a form of reflexive modernization that brings attention specifically to the problematic effects of modernity on the nonhuman world. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 650

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ecological reflexivity as democratic decision-making opened to environmental and ecological communication.
• XREF: connects to: Listening to nature’s nonverbal signals is as rational as listening to people — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 661; Procedural inclusion by itself increases acceptance of adverse environmental decisions — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 831; Scientific language’s exclusionary conventions undermine democratic environmental dialogue — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1266 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Global environmental justice movements target misrecognition, exclusion, and incapacity alongside inequity #expands (0.72) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 298