Democracy Local

MUNICH
THE PLANETARY PUEBLO: A New Model of Local Democracy and Governance
A New Model for a Locality That Governs Itself and the World
Photo by Bruno Kaufmann
MALMO
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Malmo, Sweden
Finding Local Sucess in a City Defamed Internationally
WHITEHORSE
FIDE-NORTH AMERICA Citizens Assembly Insights from Yukon
The Importance of a Chair and an Insight Committee
SUGINAMI
SWI: How A Swiss Innovation Changes Democracy in Japanese Communities
And the Democratic Leadership of a Female Mayor in Tokyo
SANTA CRUZ
COLUMN: Every City Should Join the Santa Cruz Rebellion
A Small California City Passes the Right Tax in Defiance of Bad Law
Referendum
Italians' vote on citizenship and workers’ rights
Italian citizens will go to the polls to vote on a five-questions abrogative referendum on 8 and 9 June 2025...
JAKARTA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Creeping Militarization in Prabowo's...
Military Influence Grows Across Governments and Society
Myawaddy
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Myanmar's Local Centers of Scam
Junta and Its Local Affiliates Keep Scam Centers Running, Despite War and Global Pressure
SALINAS CALIFORNIA
COLUMN Finding Health in a Cauliflower Field
Rolling back health benefits for undocumented migrants would betray success.
CORDÓBA Argentina
Top Prize in Participatory Democracy Goes to San Luis Potosi, Mexico
The Central Mexico City's "Building Citizenship" program of 284 citizen participation panels is now...
SETAGAYA
LOCAL SNAPSHOTS: Nobuto Hosaka, Mayor of Setagaya District, Tokyo
"In the future... we will replace a lot of elected representatives like myself"
PARIS
NOEMA Government 'With' the People
Closing the gap between citizens’ deliberation and binding action.