Democracy Local

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
Jamaima Afridi for Asia Democracy Chronicles, courtesy Asia Democracy Chronicles. (Jamaima is also that story's author)
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LOS ANGELES
PHOTO: LA Makes History With First Mini-Assembly on City Charter
Lottery-Selected Body Recommends 5 to 10-Year Infrastructure Plan, With Deep Community Inpu
Photo of Denizli via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons license CC 3.0
ANKARA
NEWS Two Turkish Cities Are Finalists for 'European Capital of...
Ankara and Denizli Join Brussels and Tirana on Short List
SAN MATEO, LONG BEACH, CHULA VISTA, MODESTO, REDLANDS, ANAHEIm
NEW BOOK The House of California
New From Ostrich Farm Press, A Look at Local Community and Homes
LOS ANGELES
EVENT Mini-Assembly #1 on Los Angeles Charter
A Lottery-Selected Group Considers Land Use in LA on December 13, 10a-5p
SAN DIEGO
COLUMN Voter ID Is a Waste of Time
Voter Identification Rules Don't Stop Fraud. Or Suppress Vote.
STANFORD
NOEMA: A New Governing Ecosystem Is Evolving
Institutions of citizen deliberation are a counterweight to partisan electoral politics.
PLANET EARTH
NOEMA: Inside the Push to Rebuild Society Around Ecosystems
An Old Green Dream Is Returning—With New Tools and Technologies.
Photo via Flickr, CC 2.0
ZURICH
SWI Why Calls to Tax the Rich Are Loud, Popular—and Rarely Successful
Why Do Wealth Taxes Fail—Even When Citizens Can Vote Directly on Them
ADDIS ABABA
NEWSLETTER: The Planetocracy Is Coming, So Wear Your White Hats
Also: Impact Investing Against Democracy; Sub-Saharan Local Covenant; Cat-Mayor-Martyr
COPENHAGEN
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO? Copenhagen
At a Local Election That Captured the Public Imagination