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Chapter 6 Climate assemblies and communicative flows: A conceptual framework for studying media and communication in deliberative systems

Dannica Fleuss
Dannica Fleuss is Senior Lecturer at Heidelberg University, Visiting Professor in political philosophy at the University of Nairobi, and Research Associate at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra.
and Jane Suiter
Jane Suiter is a Professor of Political Communication at the School of Communications, Dublin City University. She directs DCU’s Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society and works on citizens’ assemblies, deliberation and the wider information environment.

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Climate Assemblies

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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

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

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111328393-012

Chapters in this book

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

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