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How to Confront No Ordinary Danger

Mittiga, Ross

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Ross Mittiga



Abstract

This essay examines the debate over whether states can legitimately use emergency powers to address climate change. The author challenges Lazar and Wallace's arguments against climate authoritarianism, arguing that climate change constitutes a genuine emergency requiring urgent action. While rejecting both purely authoritarian approaches and the status quo of Western liberal democracy, the essay proposes a third way: empowering citizens through targeted activism and climate assemblies. This solution may paradoxically require both more democratic and more authoritarian elements. The author contends that current evidence does not support claims of democratic superiority in climate action, and suggests that radical but principled reform is necessary.

Citation

Mittiga, R. (2025). How to Confront No Ordinary Danger. https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2025.a947890

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 16, 2024
Publication Date Jan 2, 2025
Deposit Date Mar 12, 2025
Publicly Available Date Mar 12, 2025
Journal Journal of Democracy
Print ISSN 10455736
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 36
Issue 1
Pages 151-161
DOI https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2025.a947890
Related Public URLs https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/947890

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