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Technocracy, Democracy, and U.S. Climate Politics: The Need for Demarcations

Myanna Lahsen

University of Colorado

Ulrich Beck and other theorists of reflexive modernization are allies in the general project to reduce technocracy and elitism by rendering decision making more democratic and robust. However, this study of U.S. climate politics reveals complexities and obstacles to the sort of democratized decision making envisioned by such theorists. Since the early 1990s, the U.S. public has been subjected to numerous media-driven campaigns to shape understandings of this widely perceived threat. Political interests have instigated an important part of these campaigns, frequently resorting to ethically problematic tactics to undermineattemptsat policy action designed to avert or reducethe threat. The disproportionate in fluence of such interests suggests the need for a more level political playing field characterized by more equalized access to power and influence.

Key Words: climate change • controversy • democracy • expertise • technocracy • U.S. conservative movement • reflexive modernization

Science, Technology & Human Values, Vol. 30, No. 1, 137-169 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0162243904270710
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