tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54511660796355811272012-02-16T06:22:05.004-08:00This blog features reflections and work in progress that is part of my research in Deliberative Democracy and Environmental Governance. It has particular focus on issues related to Central America, renewable energy and energy democracy. --------------- You are also welcome to visit my blog on general issues at http://enggestalt.blogspot.com (or by clicking on EngGestalting in "My Blog List" on the right sidebar menu). ------------------deliberativegreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01940988557800552505noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5451166079635581127.post-78565329238653571582010-01-11T05:26:00.000-08:002010-01-11T05:34:22.210-08:00

In a recent blog, Daniel Little wrote on the central normative ideas and also on different modes of application of deliberative democracy.On the normative aspects, he wrote "The deliberative approach (...) looks at belief formation as itself a cumulative and reasonable process; one in which the individual needs to have the opportunity to think through the facts and values that surround the choice

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The content of this post was originally written as a short article for the April 2009 Newsletter of the STTEP (Standing Together to Enable Peace) Initiative. STTEP is a great peace network initiative, the brainchild of my dear friend and UPEACE classmate Shreya Jani, and other Indian colleagues. I greatly recommend checking it out. Energy Democracy: New Visions, New Challenges <!--[if

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La FLACSO-Ecuador ofrece una Maestría en Gobernanza Energética, en el marco de su Programa de Estudios Socio-Ambientales.Sigan este vínculo para revisar la bibliografía sobre Gobernanza Energética que han recopilado.FLACSO-Ecuador offers a Master's in Energy Governance (in Spanish), as part of its Socio-Environmental Studies Program.Follow this link to review the bibliography they have compiled

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I really want it to succeed, I really want it to be meaningful!I like the idea of a Good Ole Texas boy looking at the war in Iraq, and the Bush cronyism policies, and saying, "to hell with it, let's grow our own fuel at home." Or some such sentiment.I would really like it if the Willie Nelson idea of having a trucker's biofuel revolution was one that could really hold water, and make a strong

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My own research about the institutional discourse concerning energy development in Costa Rica (and the barriers to the energy development model) seems to indicate no formal acknowledgment by institutions that they are facing a LEGITIMATION CRISIS in the view of the organized citizenry, and public opinion in general. In essence, the causes of the deadlock in the implementation of the dominant

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I have only begun to read about the tradition of energy activism in the U.S. and Canada Pacific Northwest. It is an inspiring legacy of more than 25 years. The initiative that has evolved into the Northwest Energy Coalition tells its story in a special issue of its Newsletter: The Energy Activist.I believe you will find it a really interesting read.http://www.nwenergy.org/publications/

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Professor Ulrich Beck, for "The Risk Society", has written an article about the implications of the recent thrust for nuclear power as a solution to climate change.He uses a clever analogy of "the jet whose landing strip has not yet been built", to underscore the recklessness of the nuclear power bandwagon.I thank the Whitman Institute's blog: http://think4change.org for first bringing this

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When I decided to pursue my M.A. at the University for Peace, it was for a number of reasons. One of the central ones was to find a new focus for my personal work. I felt that I needed to tie together my work in conflict resolution, environmental policy, environmental justice, renewable energy, life coaching and psychology.A great deal of this has been about looking inwards: who am I? what are

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Over the past couple of weeks I have come across a large number of references to the New Energy Partnership of the Americas, an initiative originally raised by U.S. President (then candidate) Barack Obama in a campaign speech in Florida. Lately it has been referenced speeches by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Some analysts are predicting that this will be the Obama administration's new

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I am awaiting the final feedback from my external thesis reader anyday now. Once his assessmet has been received, my thesis will be finalized. It's been a long 19 month journey.Get your own - Open publicationFor now, I would like to share this excerpt containing the first two chapters. It's available online for reading at issu.com, you can find it at the following link:http://tinyurl.com/

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This is the current version of chapter 4 of my thesis. All rights reserved. Please do not cite or distribute without permission. ------------------------------ Chapter IV: How Can Deliberation Contribute to Environmental Governance? AN INTEGRAL AND normative analysisThis chapter builds on the emerging normative premises of deliberative democratic theory in order to sketch out the diverse

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I believe I have finally settled on a final title for my thesis.Here is the new version___Reshuffling democracy:Exploring deliberative environmental governance in Costa Rica’s electric sectorAnd here is the old version it replaces___Rediscovering Democracy:Deliberating environmental insecurities in the Costa Rican power sector----------------Now, for my thinking about the change.Change 1: Taking

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CHAPTER 2 historical background Historical accounts, with different perspectives, are sometimes provided in studies of the electricity sector. Some documents only mention a few emblematic details, for example the fact that San Jose was the third city in the world to have electric public lighting, in 1884 (Fallas, n.d, “Inicio de los servicios electricos en 1884”). Others describe a

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The following is the first draft of my Chapter 4: "Sociological Framework - an Environmental Governance Legitimation Crisis".It seeks to incorporate emerging elements of sociological theory of the past two decades, as well as use the 4-Quadrant Framework of Integral Theory, to explain the phenomenon of how legitimacy has been withdrawn from the environmental governance structure for reasons that

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Here is the latest draft of the Rationale Section of my Thesis.I've recently reworked the hypothesis section. As always, I hope you enjoy, but best of all if you can provide feedback.Hugs,Checho.REDISCOVERING DEMOCRACY: DELIBERATING ENVIRONMENTAL INSECURITIES IN THE COSTA RICAN POWER SECTORRATIONALEThe Costa Rican power sector is facing a deadlock that prevents the country from articulating a

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Governance as a detour from compassion in social changeI started my exploration on governance seeking a balanced approach to the question of compassionate practice in green movements. At first, I had been looking at compassionate activism, a well-established tradition in Nonviolence Movements, and the opportunities for translating it into mainstream belief in at least some sectors of

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La Teoria Integral de Ken Wilber usa el recurso de los "cuatro caudrantes" para analizar cualquier fenómeno:Modelo de los Cuatro Cuadrantes de Ken WilberComo vemos, hay dos ejes... Uno vertical: de lo individual a lo colectivo (from human agency to communion), y Uno horizontal: de lo subjetivo a lo medible (de lo interno a lo externo).En general, la ecologia politica se concentra en lo Sistemico

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