Democracy Local

RENCA
LOCAL SNAPSHOT Mayor Claudio Castro
Water Recycling, and Financing to Match Local Ambition
BANGKOK
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Across Asia, Youth Demand for Reform
Asia Democracy Network's 2026 Democracy Overview Tackles, Youth and Power Across Asia
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN California Independence Is Here. And It's Working
From Climate to Human Rights, California Is Already Its Own Republic
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LILLE
REPORT The Global State of Direct Democracy 2026, Local First
The annual report digs deep on local democracy, and finds growth.
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READINGS
A Book of Democratic Briliance and Deliberative Myopia
Helene Landemore's "Politics Without Politicians" has the right diagnosis, but a narrow cure.
BAKU
NEWSLETTER Algorithmic Democracy, and Letters for the Future
Also: Making Citizenship Local, Proactive Localism; On to Cascais
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KARPACHEVO
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Karpachevo
A Bulgarian Village at a Turbulent Tipping Point
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LOS ANGELES
COLUMN Reform Isn't Enough. The City Must Be Refounded
Existential Threats Require New Boundaries, New Finance, New Civil Defense
While the Citizens’ Assembly 2025 went ahead at the national level in Switzerland last year, a similar project in Geneva was cancelled at short notice by local authorities in early 2026. Keystone / Alessandro Della Valle
GENEVA
SWI Are Citizens Assemblies Declining With Democracy?
Long-Planned Assembly in Geneva Canceled by Authorities Just Before It Was to Begin
LOS ANGELES
COLUMN Do Blindfolds Bridge Local Divides?
Gabriel Kahan's Creative Assemblies Get Cops, Screenwriters, and Localities to Come Together and Listen
BUDAPEST
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Budapest
Watching How Local Democracy Made Orban's Defeat Possible
LOS ANGELES
Democracy Local Is a New Regional Partner of Consul Democracy
Consul Democracy Is a Complete Citizen Participation Too for Open, Transparent, Democratic Government