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TitelInstitutional Proxy Representatives of Future Generations: A Comparative Analysis of Types and Design Features
DOI10.48548/pubdata-1417
Handle20.500.14123/1486
Autor*inRose, Michael  0000-0001-5812-467X
AbstractFuture generations will be strongly affected by political decisions made today (e.g., by the long-term consequences of climate change). According to the democratic all-affected principle, the interests of everyone affected by political decisions should be considered in the political decision-making process. Future generations cannot influence democratic decision-making, since they do not yet exist. Election-based democratic incentive systems are said to make it difficult to consider the needs of future generations today. Surprisingly, however, since the early 1990s, an increasing number of democracies have established what could be called institutional proxy representatives of future generations (proxies), i.e., public bodies with institutionalized access to government and/or parliament that introduce the construed interests of future generations into the political decision-making process. Proxies help to consider future generations’ interests alongside the interests of current constituencies. After concept building, this comparative study searches all liberal democracies and identifies 25 proxies, with heterogeneous institutional designs. By employing membership criteria, three types are distinguished: (a) expertise-driven independent guardians (type I), (b) political or administrative advisory and coordination bodies (type II), and (c) sustainability stakeholder councils or committees (type III). They vary considerably in their formal capacity to influence political decision-making (i.e., on what legal basis they were provided with what instruments to address which phases of the policy process and which branches of government). Overall, they should not be overburdened with expectations. While they are usually equipped with the tools to voice the (construed) interests of future generations, they often lack the capacity to act as watchdogs with teeth when ignored.
SpracheEnglisch
SchlagwörterAll‐affected Principle; Democracy; Institution; Intergenerational Justice; Political Representation; Sustainability; Sustainable Development
Jahr der Veröffentlichung in PubData2024
Art der VeröffentlichungZweitveröffentlichung
PublikationsversionVeröffentlichte Version
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung2024-03-08
EntstehungskontextForschung
Fakultät / AbteilungFakultät Nachhaltigkeit
AnmerkungenThis publication was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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Archivierende Einrichtung Medien- und Informationszentrum (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg  02w2y2t16)
Veröffentlicht durchMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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Titel des RessourcentypsPolitics and Governance
IdentifierDOI: 10.17645/pag.7745
Publikationsjahr2024
Band12
Nummer7745
NummerntypArtikel
Verlag / AnbieterCogitatio Press
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