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A fresh proposal to organize our workfield
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Organization 2004
At the end of 2004 we inventoried possible topics for briefs.
Ideas behind this organization
We seek to find a logical and widely known way to organize the index of our workfield. There can be several entrances for an item. Society itself, which is now global in scope, regardless of how any of us feels about that, and so is communication between the various players in political and economic processes in a modern democracy:
- government including
- political interests including
- registered lobbyists
- major political party
- private sector
- media
- citizens including
- individuals on their own account
- community activists
- citizen initiative instigators
- minor political party
- minority groups either ethically or ethnically defined
- intermediators for any of the above engaged in advocacy, acting as counsellors, whether elected or not
- civil society
shifting signals
Today all players use digital means to organize themselves. These tools themselves provide a fourth way to organize the players, by known or possible tools they do or can use.
The communication between citizens and government is of most concern, and is constructed of a number of simpler signals communicated via some signal infrastructure whose capabilities change over time. For instance, wide reliance on email would have been impractical as late as 1995, and wide reliance on text messages as a means of alert has only become seen as practical probably in the wake of the 2005 Asian tsunami. Use of wiki in politics seems only to have emerged in various elections in 2004 in North America. In each community there is a need to assess what tools are in use, within groups and to communicate between groups.
The following is a preliminary attempt to organize this basic model to anticipate all future needs. An anticipatory democracy is one that surveys future potential events and makes road maps to minimize the regret of any anticipated event coming about. In doing so, it also reduces the regret associated with many unanticipated events of similar character.
Feel free to edit the above, and this outline:
Organization of the society
e-democracy
democracy
elections
e-government
Communication
Signal to the government
from the citizen to the government
Citizen and government
dialogue
Information for the active citizen
from the government disponible for the citizen
Information for every citizen
the government pushes information
Collecting information
the government informs itself
Organisation
Citizens
Communities
Political parties
Media
Intermediators
elected officials
advocacy
counsellors
Private sector
Politics
Government
Limits
Tools
organization
hardware
software
website
usenet
newsreader
Materials
Discussions
starting from this page there are on going discussions.
texts
In order to look forward, below is a draft distributed democracy 2001 proposal by Steven Clift within a Markle Foundation project called Web White and Blue. Drafted on 2001, it was not pursued in large part due to the aftermath of September 11th. Also available is the future tech 2001 list which is still quite timely today.
Terms that need a place in the index
Terms that Steven Clift uses in his Global E-Democracy Trends presentation include:
- Accessibility
- Election Information Online
- Representation
- Personalization
- Tracking
- Notification
- Localization
- Syndication
- Decision-Making and Leadership
- Consultation and E-Rulemaking
- Civic Education and Games
- Accountability
- Policy Implementation (Public Net-work)
- Information Exchange
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Citizen Participation
- Online Dialogue
- Online Communities and Groups
- Outcomes listed in his UN paper include:
- Trust and Accountability
- Legitimacy and Understanding
- Citizen Satisfaction
- Reach and Equitable Access
- Effective Representation and Decision-Making
- Participation through Input and Consultation
- Engagement and Deliberation