« Fay Wray | Main | Extreme Democracy » Adina Levin: Modeling Emergent DemocracyAdina Levin read much of the manuscript for the book Extreme Democracy, an anthology of perspectives on democracy in a network society edited by Mitch Ratcliffe and I. (The book itself will be published online soon, and a revised version will be published in book form, probably next spring). [Link to blog] | [Link to wiki] Conversation, debate and deliberation is important in a democracy, but citizen conversation alone doesn't make policy. There are two missing steps. First, citizens need to relearn to organize. The conversation needs to translate into action - effective advocacy for specific policy, or campaigning for specific candidates. Second, government officials need to learn how to listen. Today, politicians check polls to see what voters think. Tools like Technorati will give politicians a richer view of the opinion of particularly active citizens. jon posted this at 9:21 AM |
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