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II 96-301
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Katharina
Holzinger, Helmut Weidner (Hg.): Statuskonferenz "Alternative Konfliktregelungsverfahren
bei der Planung und Implementation großtechnischer Anlagen",
durchgeführt am 17./18. November 1995 am Wissenschaftszentrum
Berlin. Schriften zu Mediationsverfahren Nr. 15. 202 S. |
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For a
number of years in Germany, trials have been made of the effectiveness
of consensus and negotiation-based conflict resolution procedures
such as mediation, policy dialogue or participative technology
assessment in solving conflicts around environmentally important
large-scale technological planning and implementation. Much
that is encouraging can be found abroad, particularly in respect
of mediation.The status conference 'Alternative Dispute Resolution
in Large Technical Project Planning and Implementation' looked
at the current state of alternative conflict management in Germany
and abroad. Its goal was to examine how meaningful a broader
use of ADR procedures would be in Germany, on the basis of experience
gathered to date, the conditions already in place for this,
where problems have occurred up to now, and areas requiring
further research. The conference took place at the Social Science
Research Center Berlin on 17 th and 18 th November, 1995. In
all, over 100 academics and practitioners took part.From the
papers and discussions at this conference we may conclude that
alternative procedures can and should constitute a meaningful
extension of the range of decision making instruments in controversial,
environmentally important large-scale technical projects, but
that dealing with the overwhelming majority of projects with
an environmental impact will continue to be the domain of conventional
procedures - themselves still in need of improvement. Cautious
institutionalisation should be given serious consideration,
in order to remove the hurdles still standing in the way of
the new instruments, where alternative dispute resolution is
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II 96-302
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Helmut
Weidner: Umweltkooperation
und alternative Konfliktregelungsverfahren in Deutschland. Zur
Entstehung eines neuen Politiknetzwerkes. Schriften zu Mediationsverfahren
im Umweltschutz Nr. 16. 57 S. |
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English
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German
environmental policy was institutionalized almost exclusively
on a politic-administrative basis and, by international comparison,
has proven considerably successful up to now. In the face of
new problems and changing actor constellations, however, hierarchical-imperative
governmental problem solving has reached the limits of its effectiveness.
In particular, the broad public acceptance of such vague concepts
as the 'sustainable development' paradigm have made a new policy
style, especially cooperative problem solving, imperative. Conditions
for a shift towards cooperation and negotiation in dispute resolution
are at present favorable. Among the relevant actor groups the
need to cooperate and the ability to negotiate have increased
considerably. The author describes the relevant factors, for
this development for each of the main actor groups: environmental
administrators and organizations, businesses, and political
parties. He points out that among these groups significant cooperation
already occurs voluntarily, aiming especially at consensus and
compromise. Where a conflict cannot be settled in this way,
greater use is made of alternative dispute resolution procedures
such as moderated dialogue, discourse, or mediation, whereby
such procedures can contribute to the objectification of conflicts
or partial consensus. Following a description of the present
state of cooperation and alternative dispute resolution, within
the context of the current debate on neocorporatism and networks,
the author establishes a trend towards 'ecologically expanded'
neocorporatist interest mediation, but points out that manifold
cooperative networks will nevertheless play a more decisive
role in German policy shaping. It is argued that the growth
of an environmentally concerned commercial sector coupled with
the declining influence of an established 'eco-industrial complex'
hasten this development significantly.
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