Environmental Argument and Cultural Difference

The Editors: Ricca Edmondson studied at the universities of Lancaster and Oxford and is now senior lecturer in the School of Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She has previously worked in universities in Berlin and at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Her specialisms include theories of rhetoric, argumentation and wisdom; ageing and life-course development; links between methodology and theory; and interculturality.Henrike Rau is a lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her doctoral research work focused on the comparative study of German and Irish time perspectives and temporal practices. Her current research interests include time-related aspects of environmental change and sustainability, and the study of socio-temporal and cultural consequences of car-dependency and high mobility.

• Contents: Ricca Edmondson/Henrike Rau: Introduction: Arguing about the Environment - What Difference Does Culture Make? – Sylvia Kruse: Structuring Multiple Perspectives in Environmental Decision-Making: Flood Protection in the Middle-Elbe Region – Mark Garavan: Problems in Achieving Dialogue: Cultural Misunderstandings in the Corrib Gas Dispute – Henrike Rau: Environmental Arguing at a Crossroads? Cultural Diversity in Irish Transport Planning – Lisa Moran: Local Knowledge and Conceptions of Neighbourliness in Environmental Disputes: Evidence from Connemara – Liu Wei: Environmental Argumentation and Political Sensibility: The Case of China – Frances Fahy: Dwelling on Waste: Participatory Action Research and Managing Household Waste in Galway – Perry Share/Oliver Moore: Bringing Outside Environmental Knowledge In: Food and Eating – Walter Wortberg: Environmental Medicine and Health in Industrialised Nations: Cases from Germany – Ruairí O’Brien: Intercultural Interpretations: Not Wasting Wasteland – Chen Hong: Species Conflict as Cultural and Moral Conflict: Reflections on Chinese Readers’ Responses to The Wolf Totem – Kevin Ryan: Environmental Conflict and Democracy: Between Reason and Hegemony – Ricca Edmondson: Intercultural Rhetoric, Environmental Reasoning and Wise Argument – Renate Künast: Postscript: Ecological Debate and Interculturality.