Participatory Democracy – Institute for 21st Century Agoras

Policy is more than a product of process; policy is process itself

tomflanagan — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:57:32 +0000

The London School of Economics and Political Science blog site carries an evocative – if not provocative – post from a Senior Researcher at the Centre for European Studies, at the University of Oslo. The post is nine months old, and hasn’t drawn much response – however, the commentary does beg for an audience. Plato

Elinor Ostrom’s Legacy of the Commons

tomflanagan — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:28:20 +0000

At this time in history, 78 is still far too young an age to be swept into the future. For four decades, Elinor and her colleagues have been slaying a myth that was breathed into life by Ecologist Garrett Hardin‘s misunderstanding of the nature of “The Tragedy of the Commons.” The myth is that people

Planet under Pressure

kenbausch — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:27:55 +0000

Professor Ray Ison of the Institute for Sustainable Futures reports on a Planet under Pressure We share Professor Ison’s concerns. A split in systemic thinking erupted in the origins of the Club of Rome in 1970. An original proposal by Hasan Ozbekhan and Aleco Christakis offered 49 Continuous Critical Problems (CCPs) and argued for a dialogical

Welcome to the Institute for 21st Century Agoras

Peter Jones — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:53:04 +0000

"… validating ways to build capacity for participatory democracy through advanced socio technologies that engage, align, and mobilize action for sustainable civic initiatives across all cultures."