Democratic Governance, Environmental and Climate Challenges, and Societal Transformation: Deliberation, Inclusiveness, and Citizen Empowerment for Sustainable Food Systems

民主治理、环境和气候挑战以及社会转型：可持续粮食系统的深思熟虑、包容性和公民赋权

• 批准号: 10107929
• 金额: $ 23.73万
• 依托单位: NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10107929
• 关键词: Democratic; Governance; Environmental; Climate; Challenges

DEMETRA will demonstrate means to alleviate tensions between democratic governance and climate and sustainability transitions through an analysis of new deliberative participatory processes (DPPs) such as citizens’ assemblies and e-governance. These bottom up processes can be highly inclusive allowing to afford a genuine political voice to all segments of society. Accordingly, gender and intersectional aspects (e.g., socioeconomic background, ethnicity) will be focused on throughout the project in particular with regard to citizen participation. DEMETRA analyzes the micro-, meso-, and macro-level opportunities for DPPs across Europe supporting the transition towards a more sustainable future; focuses in particular the transformation towards a more sustainable food system as a crucial case study; systematically compares DPPs’ setup, processes, and outcomes to identify best practices that contribute to citizens’ democratic engagement and the co-construction of sustainable societies; identifies DPPs that maximize inclusiveness and empowerment across social groups, particularly those at the margins of society; and identifies widely applicable solutions to engage in the transformation toward sustainable food systems. DEMETRA builds on a multidimensional approach that combines macro- (institutional), meso-(organizational), and micro-level (individual) explanatory factors; a cross-national comparative design that includes European countries with different DPPs experience and different food systems (Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK); and an integrated methodological approach based on multiple sources and methods (including population surveys, organizational survey, semi structured interviews, participant observation, and public policy analysis). In view of the climate imperative and related environmental challenges, DEMETRA seeks to provide tools for a democratic governance of sustainability transformation.

DEMETRA将通过分析公民大会和电子政务等新的审议参与进程，展示缓解民主治理与气候和可持续性转型之间紧张关系的手段。这些自下而上的进程可以具有高度包容性，使社会各阶层都能发出真正的政治声音。因此，性别和交叉方面（例如，社会经济背景、种族）将在整个项目中得到重视，特别是在公民参与方面。DEMETRA分析了整个欧洲的DPP支持向更可持续的未来过渡的微观，中观和宏观层面的机会;特别关注向更可持续的粮食系统的转型，作为一个重要的案例研究;系统地比较DPP的设置，过程和结果，以确定有助于公民民主参与和共同建设可持续社会的最佳做法;确定了最大限度地提高社会群体，特别是社会边缘群体的包容性和赋权的DPP;并确定了广泛适用的解决方案，以参与可持续粮食系统的转型。DEMETRA建立在一个多维的方法，结合宏观，（体制）、中间-（组织）和微观层面（个别）解释因素;包括具有不同DPP经验和不同食品体系的欧洲国家的跨国比较设计（爱沙尼亚、法国、德国、意大利、瑞典、瑞士和英国）;基于多种来源和方法（包括人口调查、组织调查、半结构化访谈、参与者观察和公共政策分析）的综合方法论方法。鉴于气候的紧迫性和相关的环境挑战，DEMETRA寻求为可持续性转型的民主治理提供工具。