ECHO7250: BETTER LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN TASMANIA

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Wednesday 15 February 2023

BETTER LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN TASMANIA

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If we imagine that the world is ever going back to the way it was pre COVID-19 it is almost certain it will not. In local governance in Tasmania, we have seen instances of almost incredulous level of bureaucratic dysfunction that cannot be attributed, directly, to the COVID-19 Crisis. Quite simply the crisis exposed it.

The dysfunction has nevertheless, been there in background and while extreme instances have been, and are being, ‘smoothed over’ it is increasingly evident that the ‘elected representative democracy model’ ERDM (AKA indirect democracy) once might have been adequate, increasingly, in local governance at least, its shortfalls are revealing themselves.

ERDM has evolved out of the Roman Republic and has since taken on various machinations to the point that in the Western world in the 20^th Century ERDM became the standard to be aspired towards by the dominating ‘world powers’. While this is many ways is an over simplification of history, in essence it holds true.

Increasingly ERDM can be seen to be failing populations around the world as 21^st C technologies enable more direct communication making for increasing opportunities to demand transparency and accountability in governance until recently thought unthinkable.

The direct democracy model (DDM) (AKA pure democracy) in a 21^st C context promises greater accountability and transparency in governance.

In a representative democracy people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives. Whereas in direct democracy, people decide on policies without any intermediary. Depending on the particular system in use, direct democracy might entail passing executive decisions, the use of sortition, making laws, directly electing or dismissing officials, and conducting trials.

Participatory democracy

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SOME USEFUL REFERENCES

Francis Fukuyama and panelists debate alternatives to democracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzqkXhdo0qc

The First Human (Evolution Documentary) | Timeline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJybfmbrOCE

Grassroots Participatory Budgeting Process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lbw23e8ZKU

President Emmanuel Macron – Why Use a Deliberative Process

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVcQe_gUSw

newDEMOCRACY Foundation https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/category/library/our-work/project/

Voting Reformation: 3 Alternate Approaches to Participatory Democracy | Dan Ariely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj2fk_5Fcdw

‘No Representation Without Consultation’

A Citizen’s Guide to Participatory Democracy

https://www.akpress.org/no-representation-without-consultation.html

digitdemos participatory democracy intro video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibOJhEcGCik

What we mean by Participatory Democracy

https://www.buildingchangetrust.org/blog/What-we-mean-by-Participatory-Democracy

Is your Country Elitist, Pluralist or Participatory Democracy?

http://semihcakir.com/articles-2/is-your-country-elitist-pluralist-or-participatory-democracy/

Create more possibilities https://solutions.thischangeseverything.org/value/creates-more-possibilities

STRATEGIES FOR STRENGTHENING PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN INDIA

http://racolblegal.com/strategies-for-strengthening-participatory-democracy-in-india/

The Moment for Participatory Democracy https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_moment_for_participatory_democracy

OPINION The Problem With Participatory Democracy Is the Participants https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/opinion/sunday/the-problem-with-participatory-democracy-is-the-participants.html

A theory of participatory democracy based on the real case of Porto Alegre ...https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23991165_A_theory_of_participatory_democracy_based_on_the_real_case_of_Porto_Alegre

Difference between participatory democracy and representative democracy http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/politics/difference-between-participatory-democracy-and-representative-democracy/

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