http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/02/why-is-representative-democracy-the-least-worst-option/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/02/why-is-representative-democracy-the-least-worst-option/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Great democracy blog by Paul Evans « 1000 WAYS ….. of celebrating the human spirit Sun, 31 May 2009 20:29:17 +0000 http://localdemocracy.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-10 [...] Why is representative democracy the ‘least worst’ option? Posted on December 2, 2008 by Paul Evans [...] [...] Why is representative democracy the ‘least worst’ option? Posted on December 2, 2008 by Paul Evans [...]

]]> http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/02/why-is-representative-democracy-the-least-worst-option/comment-page-1/#comment-9 The UN’s Human Rights Council Goes Bananas « Tony Blair Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:31:47 +0000 http://localdemocracy.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-9 [...] Why is democracy the least worst option? [...] [...] Why is democracy the least worst option? [...]

]]> http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/02/why-is-representative-democracy-the-least-worst-option/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Are interactive media experts really improving the quality of democracy? « Local Democracy Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:17:40 +0000 http://localdemocracy.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-8 [...] parties are undoubtedly failing us in this respect. The quality of governance is going down. The distributed moral wisdom that Tony McWalter called for is less in evidence today than it was in the [...] [...] parties are undoubtedly failing us in this respect. The quality of governance is going down. The distributed moral wisdom that Tony McWalter called for is less in evidence today than it was in the [...]

]]> http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/02/why-is-representative-democracy-the-least-worst-option/comment-page-1/#comment-7 The lust for certainty - a sin? « Local Democracy Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:16:31 +0000 http://localdemocracy.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-7 [...] brings us back to the parliamentarian argument - the need for the distributed moral wisdom of the elected. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Managing Your Money In Public [...] [...] brings us back to the parliamentarian argument – the need for the distributed moral wisdom of the elected. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Managing Your Money In Public [...]

]]> http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2008/12/02/why-is-representative-democracy-the-least-worst-option/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Distributed moral wisdom - mayors and political parties. « Local Democracy Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:30:17 +0000 http://localdemocracy.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-6 [...] be seen as a democratic step forward, can it? If one were to apply the logic that places ‘distributed moral wisdom‘ at the heart of a functioning democracy, then it is very hard to make the case for elections [...] [...] be seen as a democratic step forward, can it? If one were to apply the logic that places ‘distributed moral wisdom‘ at the heart of a functioning democracy, then it is very hard to make the case for elections [...]

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