| ID | 087690 |
| Title Proper | Rational irrationality and simulation in environmental politics |
| Other Title Information | the example of climate change |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Humphrey, Mathew |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Do western publics make 'demands' for environmental policy that they have no desire to see enacted? The thesis that they do has been put forward recently by advocates of the 'post-ecologist' paradigm such as Ingolfur Blühdorn. Taking the example of climate change, this article assesses survey results that provide indicative evidence that such 'simulative' demands may exist. I suggest that such demands are, however, best explained through conceptual tools available from game-theoretic and rational-actor models of political behaviour, in particular rational ignorance and rational irrationality, rather than with the societal-level accounts preferred by Bluhdorn and others. |
| `In' analytical Note | Government and Opposition Vol. 44, No.2; Apr 2009: p146-166 |
| Journal Source | Government and Opposition Vol. 44, No.2; Apr 2009: p146-166 |
| Key Words | Climate Change ; Environmental Politics ; Eco - Politics |