BLENDED RATIONALITY AND DEMOCRACY - AN ELUSIVE SYNTHESIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL-POLICY REFORM

Environmental policy reform has proceeded along two parallel backs: a rationalizing perspective and a democratizing one. Efforts to blend th e two (including the attempt by ''environmentalist-in-chief'' Al Gore in his book Earth in the Balance) have often been awkward and unpersua sive. As the new century dawns, Science Communication might help pursu e a reconciliation.