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LOS ANGELLES
Everyday People Will Get Paid to Design Their Own City Council
Look for this Postcard in the Mail. Sortition Begins in Historic LA City Charter Assembly
ANKARA
NEWS: Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of Democracy'
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
Switzerland
A New Way To Use The Popular Referendum
This is a first for Switzerland. Citizens are challenging a parliamentary decision to a nationwide vote...
Direct Democracy: The Other Side Of American Democracy
In US elections a great deal of attention, and much of the money, focuses on events at the national level....
United Kingdom
Brexit Mix Bag Do Not Offer More Democracy
Britain´s Supreme Court has ruled that the government needs parliamentary consent to start the Brexit process...
Will "We The People" Survive No. 45?
In at least one respect, the new US administration under President Trump has been very well prepared: within...
Philippines
Direct Democracy A Solution With Limitations
Amid presidential threats of introducing martial law in the Philippines, there is another much more hopeful...
"The Most Important Office In A Democracy Is The Citizen"
In his farewell speech the 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, offered a lot of the...
European Union
Direct Democracy - A Global View From Stockholm
"Direct Democracy is here to stay", suggests former Belgium Prime Minister Yves Leterme, now Secretary...
European Union
Walking On The Bright Side Of Democracy In 2017
While some commentators offered their final obituaries on democracy at the end of 2016, we at P2P look...
European Union
How Families Can Make Democracy Democratic Again
In any system, whether it´s totalitarian-led or democratic, the private - the social warmth of one´s own...
Sweden
Democratic Birthday: 250 Years With Freedom of Information
On December 2, 1766 Sweden was the first country worldwide to replace the principle of amnesia with the...