Former British diplomat Carne Ross doesn't know why we're spending so much time following the presidential campaigns. "We have been led to believe that one little vote every few years is meaningful when I think intuitively, secretly we know it's meaningless," he says. "But in fact, in taking on your local circumstances or even global issues through local action is much more satisfying and is ultimately much more powerful." His book on participatory democracy, The Leaderless Revolution, has caught the attention of a diverse set of thinkers, from Bill Moyers to Stephen Colbert. The concept is not unprecedented. There have been movements to promote participatory budgeting in big cities. And two...
0 Responses to Carne Ross: Participatory Democracy Opens Political Process