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"Trust me" / "tell me" (The Green Proposal)

The Innovative Potential of the Arts and Science 

For Continued Learning!

Dissolve Your State! 
Tear Down the "Berlin Wall" of Your Boundaries!

Thank you, Mr Schroeder!

Debate:  Who Is the Ordinary Citizen?

The Ordinary Citizen:
Between A Desire to Be Told What To Think and Do -
And Frustration At Being Made A Fool?

Is the Tolbin Tax Important?

CITIZENS!
 

Urban Democracy is intended as a forum of debate 
open for all those those longing for a society of awake, committed, citizens 
caring for the public cause, la chose publique, die oeffentliche sache, 
res publica. The Editors of Urban Democracy propose to put
the goal of strengthening political participation of
ordinary citizens on the top of their agenda.

Is the Greek polis a workable example in today's 
globally interdependent world?

Does the concept of free association, of  rational democratic 
debate, of foresight, coordination, compensatory justice 
provide practical clues?

We know that municipal (and regional) democracy cannot 
but fail if society at large is not fully democratized,
in the sense of meaningful influence and  a real voice
 for the majority that is at present allowed only to vote 
every four or five years while the important
 decisions are taken by professional 
       politicians susceptible to the pressures of the few, 
most often those with a lot of money. 

But we also know that society at large cannot be fully 
democratic if local (and regional) affairs are left 
unattended by local people failing to empower
themselves to decide the very things that affect them 
in an essential way at their very doorsteps. 
Local reform, aiming at an increased say of the many 
in everything vital for their communities,is the prerequisite 
for extended, more genuine, 
practical democracy in our societies.