Bringing Back Place: Exploring the Conceptions of Space, Time, and Place for Environmental Policy

This article examines the ways that American approaches to public administration and policy are heavily shaped by a Cartesian ontology that emphasizes abstract notions of time, space, and consequences that result. It proposes an alternative drawing on Heideggerian phenomenology. It examines the impl...

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Published in:Administrative theory & praxis 2018-07, Vol.40 (3), p.211-226
Main Author: Austin, Eric K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Environmental policy
Ontology
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Phenomenology
Public administration
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Summary:This article examines the ways that American approaches to public administration and policy are heavily shaped by a Cartesian ontology that emphasizes abstract notions of time, space, and consequences that result. It proposes an alternative drawing on Heideggerian phenomenology. It examines the implication of moving our perspectives from abstracted notions time and space to authentic encounters in the world, and uses environmental policy as a reference point to investigate potential expressions. It concludes with several propositional claims regarding the implications of this shift for environmental policy narrowly and democratic governance more broadly.
ISSN:1084-1806
1949-0461
DOI:10.1080/10841806.2018.1485446