EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF COMMUNICATION AND
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
In 2004, SUNY Press published Communication and
public participation in environmental decision
making (Depoe, Delicath & Elsenbeer, Eds.). This
volume made a significant contribution to the
field, including a much-cited chapter by Sue
Senecah on the "trinity of voice"
concept. Research in this area has flourished
since then, including the recent book Citizen
voices: Performing public participation in
science and environment communication (Intellect,
2012; Phillips, Carvalho & Doyle, Eds.). In an
effort to expand the boundaries of
scholar-practitioner conversation, Kathleen Hunt,
Gregg Walker, and Steve Depoe are issuing a call
for submissions for a new edited volume that will
feature work exploring theoretical, applied,
empirical, and critical dimensions of
communication and community engagement in
environmental decision making at local, regional, national, and global levels.
TOPICS: We encourage submissions that explore a
wide variety of theories, perspectives, and case
studies of community engagement, including, but not limited to:
· case studies and empirical examinations
of public participation in environmental and natural resource policy contexts
· innovations in government- or
regulatory-based public participation processes
at all levels (local/regional/national/international)
· analyses of private and
non-governmental sector work regarding public participation
· instances of environmental protest
against dominant participation regimes and practices
· meanings and practices of indigenous,
community-based environmental dialogue and
decision making in locales around the world
· extension and application of relevant
theories pertaining to public sphere, deliberative democracy, etc.
· examination of the role of nature
speaking or being spoken for in environmental disputes, etc.
· roles and impacts of contemporary
communication technologies (including social
media, GIS, etc.) on public participation
AUDIENCES: We hope to produce a volume that will
be read and utilized by scholars of environmental
communication, natural resource management, and
environmental policy, and by practitioners in the
field, including NGO members, environmental
educators and advocates, and government
officials. The editors will choose submissions
to publish and develop an overall framework for
the volume with an eye toward reaching a crossover audience.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Submissions should be
formatted in WORD, using APA 6th Ed. citation
guide. We are looking for submissions of 8,000
words or less, including references. Deadline
for submission is January 15, 2016. All
submissions will be peer reviewed. Submissions
should be sent via e-mail attachment to: Steve
Depoe, Professor and Head, Department of
Communication, University of Cincinnati, [email protected].
Stephen P. Depoe, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Department of Communication
University of Cincinnati
Co-Editor, Media and Environmental Communication Book Series
Palgrave MacMillan
(http://www.palgrave.com/series/palgrave-studies-in-media-and-environmental-communication/PSMEC/)
Founding Member, International Environmental
Communication Association (http://theieca.org)
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