The rise and rise of environmental NGOs: unforseen risks to democratic environmental governance in Australia
| dc.contributor.author | Morrison, T. H. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Lane, Marcus B. | en |
| dc.contributor.conference | Australasian Political Studies Association Conference (2004 : Adelaide, South Australia) | en |
| dc.contributor.conference | APSA 2004 | en |
| dc.contributor.school | School of Social Sciences : Geographical and Environmental Studies | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Current approaches to environmental policy and management in Australia designate non-government organisations (NGOs) an increasingly central role. This paper considers that the extent of NGO involvement, both formal and informal, in environmental governance is now so widespread, the magnitude of changes to democratic governance so far-reaching and the claims made of NGO participation so bold, that a critical gaze on NGOs is overdue. To foreground the analysis that follows, the paper interrogates the relationship between NGOs and civil society, and explores the structural transformation of western democracies which has provided the preconditions for the rise of NGOs in environmental governance. The paper then considers the diverse ways in which such NGOs are currently implicated in environmental governance in Australia and identifies a series of risks associated with these approaches when used uncritically. The paper concludes by calling for a more nuanced and critical appraisal of the role of NGOs in environmental governance which takes care to reserve political space for the articulation of diverse values and interests in environmental policy and management. | en |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Tiffany H. Morrison and Marcus B. Lane | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/29469 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Australasian Political Studies Association | en |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference 2004 | en |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.adelaide.edu.au/apsa/docs_papers/Others/MorrisonVer6APSA.pdf | en |
| dc.subject | NGOs; environmental policy; environmental management; environmental governance; democracy; civil society | en |
| dc.title | The rise and rise of environmental NGOs: unforseen risks to democratic environmental governance in Australia | en |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en |