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Theme : democracy
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Everyday e-government
It's a good time to reopen the debate about e-gov. Apparently the average council is now 79% e-enabled (whatever that means). It's not a bad effort, but I don't get the sense that the net has revolutionised citizen engagement yet.Maybe Sir Michael's idea of everyday e-gov is the next step for democracy and technology?
from : simonparker
4th August 2005
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Dinner invitation
The POWER inquiry seems to be ramping up now. If you haven't come across it, POWER is the Joseph Rowntree funded investigation into why political participation is in such a bad state and what to do about it. I gave evidence on the future of political parties a few weeks back and realised I go on a bit when they sent me back the transcript and it was 6000 words. You can judge for yourself whether there were any nuggets because it's all going to be published on the site later this year.Next...
from : paulmiller
26th July 2005
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Everyday Toryism
Less than a week after the launch of our very own Everyday Democracy, the Conservatives (or at least some of them) are getting in on the act (sort of). A group of Tory MPs, MEPs and activists including Michael Gove is launching Direct Democracy, a manifesto for renewal within Conservative politics. Diversity, pluralism, and local decision-making are high up on the agenda.
from : samhintonsmith
6th June 2005
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Everyday Democracy on the blogs
A couple of interesting blog postings have appeared about Everyday Democracy by two people who came along to the launch. One by David Wilcox of Partnerships Online and another by Will Davies.
from : paulmiller
6th June 2005
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Listen carefully
I've just been doing some reading for our Community Leadership project with the National College for School Leadership and came across this engagement continuum, developed by the New South Wales Department of Planning in 2003. Since the election there have been a lot of promises to listen more carefully to the public, it will be interesting to see where the government - and public institutions - position themselves on the continuum in the coming months and years.[by the way, if you're...
from : duncanoleary
18th May 2005
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These are not the policies you are looking for...
George Lucas says there?ll be no more Star Wars after Episode III. What with all the spare time he?ll have, maybe he fancies becoming a Demos intern ? his claim on Newsnight last night that his films are about the dangers of neglecting Democracy seemed a blatant pitch to me. [he said something along the lines of 'my interest is not how nasty people take over democracies but how democracies give themselves over to tyrants']. An elaborate plan to get in contact with us I?ll admit, given that you...
from : duncanoleary
18th May 2005
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Letter from America
As it turns out the message isn?t quite as simple as ?we don?t care? ? it?s more that New Yorkers, at least, can?t see what all the fuss is about. In 2004, both Britons and Americans saw a fundamental choice between Bush and Kerry, albeit for different reasons in many cases. A year later, it seems that the other half of the special relationship has opted out of front-page coverage (Monday?s story made page 9 of the New York Times) and full-scale paranoia for a couple of reasons.The first,...
from : samhintonsmith
5th May 2005
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Signs of life
More random photos from the tube. I participated in a survey yesterday, administered by a computer standing next to me in the queue. It was about personal safety (while I felt safe, turns out the person I was with didn't feel safe at all). I liked the idea, but participation didn't exactly seem popular. What might change this? I think more people would take part if there was a screen graphing the results so far. 'Dynamic' signposting of this kind seems to be everywhere at the moment, not...
from : johncraig
28th April 2005
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Oh for a tub of lard
That left Jackie Ashley chairing a panel of Sunder, former LSE Director Tony Giddens and Young Foundation Director (and Demos founder) Geoff Mulgan. It turned out to be a really interesting and constructive conversation.Tony Giddens started by saying that he thought Labour would stick to the two big ideas that had made it successful in elections so far: First, the primacy of economic policy over social policy and second, not leaving any issues open to the right such as crime or immigration.He...
from : paulmiller
13th April 2005
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Parliamentary monitor
Tom Steinberg emails in to tell us about a new feature on TheyWorkForYou. Not only can you search everything that's been said in parliament on a particular topic since 2001 but you can now get email alerts as well. So for the nanotechnology project I'm working on I can go to http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?s=nanotechnology and sign up to get an email anytime anybody Right Honorable opens their mouth on the subject.
from : paulmiller
18th February 2005
