Environmental justice: Experiments in democratic participation-an indo-american experience

Abstract

Globalization, technology, and democracy hallmark the new age of environmental consciousness. Industrial revolution, colonialism, and imperialism, followed by the twentieth-century world wars, left the twenty-first century with unsettling forces that merit scientific analyses and interpretations to promote peace, prosperity, and enlightenment in the interest of both human survival and dignity. Premised here are a general acceptance of, and belief in, democratic governance and participation as well as environmental justice beyond the sustainabiiity clichés.