#AndyBurnham calls for #Labour to adopt #ProportionalRepresentation

Mayor of Greater Manchester says reform will stop parties voted for by a minority from having complete power at #Westminster
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/01/andy-burnham-calls-for-labour-to-adopt-proportional-representation
#PR #ElectoralReform #DemocraticReform

Life of Ordinary #Tibetans Before the #DemocraticReform in 1959 and After

New writer for us, Matt Phypers.

“ That Starmer seems prepared to risk a return to hard-right self-serving Conservative tyranny by ignoring the calls for PR for Westminster from all sides of the political spectrum suggests that, despite the doublespeak of ‘restoring trust’, we maybe have reason to trust him less, not more.”
#democraticreform #Keir #PR
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/is-keir-starmers-attempt-at-democratic-reform-ill-conceived/

905 Round-Up: Is Doug Ford Good for Democracy?

As Doug Ford pursues his vision of paving over the greenbelt to help out his developer friends, resistance is popping up in unexpected places.  Most recently the Association of Municipalities of Ontario has made public their concerns regarding Bill 23.  Namely that they project

https://905er.ca/2022/11/905-round-up-is-doug-ford-good-for-democracy/

#onpoli #democraticreform #DougFord #municipalgovernment #provincialgovernment #podcasts

905 Round-Up: Is Doug Ford Good for Democracy?

As Doug Ford pursues his vision of paving over the greenbelt to help out his developer friends, resistance is popping up in unexpected places.  Most recently the Association of Municipalities of Ontario has made public their concerns regarding Bill 23.  Namely that they project

https://905er.ca/2022/11/905-round-up-is-doug-ford-good-for-democracy/

#onpoli #democraticreform #DougFord #municipalgovernment #provincialgovernment #podcasts

📚 Here are a couple of #OpenAccess chapters from the Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance:

INTRODUCTION: The field of democratic innovation: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781786433855/9781786433855.00007.xml

CHAPTER 1: Defining and typologising democratic innovations: https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781786433855/9781786433855.00009.xml

#democracy #demopart #DemocraticInnovation #DemocraticReform #governance #participation #deliberation