Democracy Local

NEW YORK CITY
MEMO We Govern the Way We Campaigned: Together
The Question of Your Transition, Mr. Mayor-Elect, Is How to Institutionalize the Democratic Energy That Brought You Here
POEM
The Technocrat and The Local Can Be Friends
Democracy Local's year-end poem is about the relationship at the heart of local governance
Austria
#OurDemocracyLocal Erwin Mayer
Our new feature asks about your local democracy story.
Botswana
Radical Democrats in Desert
Diamonds and deliberation.
COLUMN: Bono for Mayor
Local democracy is weak. A rock-star Dublin mayor could change that.
Ireland
COLUMN: Bono for Mayor
An elected Dublin mayor could change world
Global
VIDEO
Art Credit: Public domain via Wikimedia
Global
Dracula Discută Democrație
'Democrația și vampirii au multe în comun'
Singapore
Show Us the Money
Health care and a lack of democracy.
Georgia
20 Days in the Caucasus
Inspiring struggles for democracy in lands of conflict.
Photo Credit: George M. Groutas via Flickr CC BY 2.0 Deed
Global
What is 'Smart Democracy'?
Also: how to meet me; summer school, vampires, comparing French and Nepali towns
Germany
My Local Ballot Is Too Big!
What to do about voter confusion? Here's a tool.