A Dissertation Proposal

TITLE:

Deliberative Democracy & Environmental Justice: A Pragmatic Critique of Superfund Discourse in Butte, Montana

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Introduction: A Bird's Eye View of the Study

Part I

Chapter 1: Deliberative Democracy and Environmental Justice in Butte, Montana
Chapter 2: A Pragmatic Theory of Environmental Communication
Chapter 3: A Pragmatic Approach to Environmental Communication Inquiry

Part II

Chapter 4: The Injured Environment: The Discursive Conditions
Chapter 5: The Discursive Network: A Structural Analysis of the Public Sphere
Chapter 6: The Discourse: Contested Visions of Environmental Remedy
Chapter 7: The Reclaimed Environment: Ecological Consequences of Superfund Discourse

Part III

Chapter 8: A Pragmatic Critique of Superfund Discourse in Butte, Montana