Issue 11 of Cooperatives Approaches analyzes the movement for a renewal of local democracy that emerged during the 2014 municipal elections and gained momentum in 2020. Initially a few dozen, then hundreds of "citizen collectives" appeared across the country to express their rejection of traditional, centralized, top-down power structures and to implement cooperative and participatory governance at the local level.
Contents:
- For a vibrant democracy
- Saillans: collegial and participatory governance
- The revision of the Local Urban Development Plan in Saillans
- In Kingersheim, "re-enchanting democracy"
- What is participatory democracy?
- Youth councils
- Tools for collective intelligence
- Democracy in Parliament or in the streets?
- In the United States, the dangers of a "culture of outrage"
- Interview with Fernand Karagiannis
- Solexos: Radio broadcasting
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