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Rethinking Politics for a Green Economy: A Political Approach to Radical Reform
Author(s) -
Torgerson Douglas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9515.t01-1-00248
Subject(s) - performative utterance , politics , argument (complex analysis) , political economy , political science , economics , economic system , law , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , epistemology
Because the process of achieving a green economy is bound to be political, it is important how politics is understood. This essay employs a three‐dimensional model of politics (functional, constitutive, performative) in developing an approach to radical reform that accentuates political potentialities—understood in terms of debate, open exchanges of differing opinions. By exploring a central tension between the formal economy (associated with administrative and policy arenas in modern society) and the informal economy (associated with the enhancement of community), the argument concludes that achieving a green economy involves a key role not simply for the rational economic individual or the cooperative community member, but also for the citizen.