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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
Spain
Donostia Declaration Underlines Urgency for Democratization
DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN DECLARATION ON MODERN DIRECT DEMOCRACY: The 2016 Global Forum adopted a call for more...
Spain
How Direct Democracy Makes Representative Democracy More Representative
There are many new opportunities for making representative more representative – by tools of direct democracy...
Spain
The Democratization of Information: Bad for Democracy?
The world now confronts a bitter irony: the democratization of information has proven not to be all that good...
Spain
The 2016 Global Forum On Modern Direct Democracy Report
The sixth edition of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy took place in Donostia/San Sebastiàn, in the...
Iceland
Global Forum 2016: How Cities Fix Democracy
Reykjavik, Vienna, Seoul, Los Angeles and Bern: these are pioneering cities in terms of modern participatory...
Iceland
Democracy in Iceland: Balancing the Volcano
The results of the October 29 parliament elections are an invitation for more democracy - and offers a good...
The Happier The Citizens, The Lower The Turnout
Switzerland and Oregon, though culturally and geographically distinct, practice democracy in surprising...
Taiwan
Taiwan: No To Casinos, Yes To Direct Democracy
Seven years after a first popular vote, the citizens in Taiwan`s offshore Penghu archipelago confirmed their...
Switzerland
Welcome To A Direct Democratic Hybrid
Welcome to the Swiss municipality with a democratic secret: in Arth-Goldau in central Switzerland citizens...
Korea South
How The Ballot Selfie Movement Changed Korean Democracy
For decades older voters in Korea gave the conservative majority a big advantage - and a majority in the...