A Greener Alternative? Deliberative Democracy Meets Local Government.

Analyzes the outcomes of an Australian local government's use of public deliberation to inform its review of waste management. Concept of deliberative democracy; Views of theorist John Dryzek regarding the application of deliberative notions of democracy to environmental issues; Outline of the theoretical case for deliberative democracy in producing beneficial outcomes for the environment; Expected outcomes for the linking of democratic structures and deliberative ideal.