Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 13 views

    Do It Without Leaders: Direct Democracy: School of Something

    Uploaded by

    Leigh Lei
    The document discusses different forms of democracy including direct democracy. It prompts discussion of direct democracy in small groups and provides definitions for key aspects of direct democracy such as active participation, self-management, and non-hierarchy. Examples of direct democracy are given including autonomous municipalities, cooperatives, and participatory budgeting programs. The document aims to define and discuss the concept and practice of direct democracy.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content

    You might also like

    Do It Without Leaders: Direct Democracy: School of Something

    Uploaded by

    Leigh Lei
    13 views12 pages
    The document discusses different forms of democracy including direct democracy. It prompts discussion of direct democracy in small groups and provides definitions for key aspects of direct democracy such as active participation, self-management, and non-hierarchy. Examples of direct democracy are given including autonomous municipalities, cooperatives, and participatory budgeting programs. The document aims to define and discuss the concept and practice of direct democracy.

    Original Description:

    direct democracy

    Original Title

    What is Direct Democracy

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The document discusses different forms of democracy including direct democracy. It prompts discussion of direct democracy in small groups and provides definitions for key aspects of direct democracy such as active participation, self-management, and non-hierarchy. Examples of direct democracy are given including autonomous municipalities, cooperatives, and participatory budgeting programs. The document aims to define and discuss the concept and practice of direct democracy.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    13 views12 pages

    Do It Without Leaders: Direct Democracy: School of Something

    Uploaded by

    Leigh Lei
    The document discusses different forms of democracy including direct democracy. It prompts discussion of direct democracy in small groups and provides definitions for key aspects of direct democracy such as active participation, self-management, and non-hierarchy. Examples of direct democracy are given including autonomous municipalities, cooperatives, and participatory budgeting programs. The document aims to define and discuss the concept and practice of direct democracy.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    of 12

    School of something

    FACULTY OF OTHER

    Do it without leaders:
    Direct democracy

    The Trapese Collective

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    What do we mean by:


    Direct or Participatory democracy
    Representative democracy
    Liberal democracy
    Unitary democracy
    Plutocracy
    Oligarchy
    Theocracy
    Dictatorship

    DISCUSS IN SMALL GROUPS AND THINK OF EXAMPLES

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    What have we got now?


    In small groups, discuss the characteristics
    of the democratic system in the UK
    PlusMinusInteresting

    Make a list plus/minus/interesting


    Plus

    Minus

    Interesting

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    Definitions
    What defines direct democracy?
    Ideas storm a list.

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    Direct democracy: the building blocks


    1. Active participation
    2. Transformative
    3. Accountable
    4. Autonomy (self legislation)
    5. Mutuality
    6. Public
    7. Self management
    8. Real choice
    9. Non hierarchy horizontalism
    10. Diversity
    11. Subsidiarity
    12. Conflict
    13. Community

    What do these mean:


    Discuss (Articulate)

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    Direct democracy
    Discuss:
    What are the problems?
    How workable are these ideas?

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    Direct democracy. Examples


    Examples of direct democracy
    Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities
    Workers and housing co-operatives
    Peace and social justice movement
    Participatory Budgeting Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Argentina 2001
    Spanish civil war 1936 - grupos de afinidad, collectivisation

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    School of something
    FACULTY OF OTHER

    You might also like