How can we break the mould? Democracy, semiotics and regional governance

Janet J. McIntyre‐Mills, Denise de Vries, Aleco Christakis and Ken Bausch

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2008, vol. 25, issue 2, 305-321

Abstract: Personal moral responsibility, public ethics and accountability in policy making and governance are the essential ingredients (supported by legal measures) which we need in order to institutionalize respectful dialogue across diverse stakeholders at the local, national and international level. The idea is to ensure that the process supports subsidiarity, namely those at the receiving end of a decision should be party to the decision making process, thereby ensuring that complex decisions can be made that represent the needs of the majority whilst taking into account the needs of the minority whose ideas could be vital for problem solving. By engaging in processes that enhance participatory democracy we can match decisions more appropriately and enable people to have ownership of the ideas. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2008
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