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Chapter 7 Between closure and openness: The fragile legitimacy of the French Citizens’ Climate Convention

  • Romane Rozencwajg

    Romane Rozencwajg is a PhD in political sciences at the Paris 8 University. Her research focuses on prefigurative politics, ecology and democracy.

         , Maxime Gaborit

    Maxime Gaborit is a PhD student in political sciences at Sciences Po Paris and UCLouvain – Saint-Louis – Bruxelles. His research focuses on climate activism and democracy.

         and Laurent Jeanpierre

    Laurent Jeanpierre is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. His current work focuses on ecological real utopias and post-growth politics.
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© 2025 Oliver Escobar, Stephen Elstub, published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston // The book is published with open access at www.degruyter.com.

© 2025 Oliver Escobar, Stephen Elstub, published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston // The book is published with open access at www.degruyter.com.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Dedication V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. List of contributors XI
  6. List of tables XIII
  7. List of figures XV
  8. List of boxes XVII
  9. Section 1 Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 The present of climate assemblies 3
  11. Section 2 Internal dimensions in climate assemblies
  12. Chapter 2 Setting the agenda for climate assemblies: Key dimensions and dilemmas 27
  13. Chapter 3 Global facilitation revisited: The many stages of climate assemblies 47
  14. Chapter 4 The role of experts in climate assemblies: Recruitment and inclusion 65
  15. Chapter 5 How does climate change expertise shape the form of a climate assembly? (and vice versa) 83
  16. Section 3 External dimensions in climate assemblies
  17. Chapter 6 Climate assemblies and communicative flows: A conceptual framework for studying media and communication in deliberative systems 103
  18. Chapter 7 Between closure and openness: The fragile legitimacy of the French Citizens’ Climate Convention 119
  19. Chapter 8 Can democratic innovation work in an unfavourable political context? Assessing the effectiveness of the first Hungarian climate assembly 137
  20. Chapter 9 The Global Climate Assembly: A new global deliberative space? 155
  21. Section 4 Conclusion
  22. Chapter 10 The future of climate assemblies 175
  23. Index
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111328393-013

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Dedication V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. List of contributors XI
  6. List of tables XIII
  7. List of figures XV
  8. List of boxes XVII
  9. Section 1 Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 The present of climate assemblies 3
  11. Section 2 Internal dimensions in climate assemblies
  12. Chapter 2 Setting the agenda for climate assemblies: Key dimensions and dilemmas 27
  13. Chapter 3 Global facilitation revisited: The many stages of climate assemblies 47
  14. Chapter 4 The role of experts in climate assemblies: Recruitment and inclusion 65
  15. Chapter 5 How does climate change expertise shape the form of a climate assembly? (and vice versa) 83
  16. Section 3 External dimensions in climate assemblies
  17. Chapter 6 Climate assemblies and communicative flows: A conceptual framework for studying media and communication in deliberative systems 103
  18. Chapter 7 Between closure and openness: The fragile legitimacy of the French Citizens’ Climate Convention 119
  19. Chapter 8 Can democratic innovation work in an unfavourable political context? Assessing the effectiveness of the first Hungarian climate assembly 137
  20. Chapter 9 The Global Climate Assembly: A new global deliberative space? 155
  21. Section 4 Conclusion
  22. Chapter 10 The future of climate assemblies 175
  23. Index
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