Democracy Local

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COLUMN Chuck Norris Is Dead. 'Breaker! Breaker!' Will Live Forever

Why a Low-Budget 1977 Film About Trucking, Local Government, and Revolt Keeps Getting Better

Aspen, Colorado, city hall. Photo by Joe Mathews

NEWSLETTER: Facts Won't Save Democracy; Nor Will Voting; City Twin on Fire

Also: 'Allocracy," Ukraine Farming, Municipal Mandates Exceed Borders

FIRST IN SERIES: Participatory Budgeting in Santa Ana Tzacuala

First of three excerpts from International IDEA's Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and...

PODCAST The Future of My Local Community and Yours

On California Sun podcast, my state's future is tied to the world's local future.

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SECOND IN SERIES: Participatory policymaking in Chipinge Rural District

Second excerpt from International IDEA's Stockholm Series on Climate Change and Democracy lecture by Greta...

COLUMN Indonesia's Interim Plot Against Local Democracy

Decentralisation made Indonesia democratic. Now the national government uses military and intelligence...

You and Me (and Local Democracy) Against the World

Also: Bogota and Mumbai advances, beyond-human experiments and a democracy capital switch.

The Hague Mayor Jan van Zenen attending a rainbow flag raising ceremony at the U.S Embassy The Hague.

COLUMN A Local Coalition to Tear the Fascists Down?

No province or city can beat the far-right alone.

READINGS Cairo Call for Action, on Local Housing

Local democracy has failed to produce sufficient housing everywhere. A Cairo gathering suggests ways forward

ZÓCALO: Can We Move Climate-Challenged Cities?

Ancient Examples Show It’s Possible to Transplant Metropolises—But Costs Are Steep

ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES: A Jirga for Justice

A Pashtun civil rights group holds a huge deliberative gathering to tackle community problems from land grabs...

LETTER A New Golden Age of Local Democracy?

The takeover of elections by the rich offers an opening.