JanMichael
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Wed Dec-15-04 06:25 PM
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| Does the term "Participatory Democracy" mean anything to you? |
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Edited on Wed Dec-15-04 06:26 PM by JanMichael
If so, what?
I only ask because it popped up in an odd place when I was reading a work related report. I wondered what the person who wrote it was really saying...
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| mogster
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Wed Dec-15-04 06:29 PM
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| 1. Could it be anything like Direct Democracy? |
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I'm working for direct democracy here in Norway.
Kinda interesting stuff
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| JanMichael
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Wed Dec-15-04 06:32 PM
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| 2. Perhaps. I'm not certain if they're identical however. |
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The report involve citizen participation in setting goals in government.
The PD comment came when describing some of the difficulties in getting people to focus on outcomes.
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Wed Dec-15-04 06:34 PM
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| 3. To me it means participating in the process in some manner... |
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not necessarily in a direct way either. I would love to reform our country to have PR representation in the House, get rid of districts altogether, get rid of the Electoral College, and get rid of the artificially low count of 435 members of the House. This would lead to a government more responsive to us, nationally, and to our needs. BTW: the only one of my suggestions that would require a Constitutional Amendment is the Electoral College one, all the others are NOT present in the Constitution.
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Wed Dec-15-04 09:42 PM
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| 4. I'm a little surprised that so few here have an opinion on this. |
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