In this thesis I develop a critical theory of public participation and
deliberation in post-communist Romania. Primarily, this theory is developed
from a critical assessment of two intermediate-level Romanian institutions: the
deliberative system that has formed to debate the authorisation of a proposed
gold mining project in Ro¿ia Montan¿, Romania and the legitimacy claims of the
series of hybrid forums that were convened as part of that project¿s
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The hybrid forum legitimacy claims
were assessed based on a standard of hybrid forum legitimacy developed in
this thesis from deliberative democracy theory and practice. Grounded in new
institutionalism theory, this thesis describes the historical and contemporary
socio-economic conditions that have shaped Romanian public participation and
deliberation. / American Fulbright Commission
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/5756 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Esko, Susan A. |
| Contributors | Perrigo, Sarah, Gallagher, Tom G.P. |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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