The Hansard Society published its latest Audit of Political Engagement on April 1st. Makes for a fascinating read considering how much energy has gone into meeting NI4.
(NI4: National Indicator4 is a benchmark by which local authorities are judged on how empowered people feel at a local level.)
I have highlighted some of the most interesting parts [...]
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So much is changing so quickly. Newspapers and broadcasters are changing. Governments now communicate using radically different means to the ones that were practiced a decade ago. Here’s Exhibit A.
We now have free interactive tools that enable us to hold huge multilateral conversations based upon collaborative filtering and reputation management. We can find useful strangers [...]
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Two very interesting posts - one via Chris Dillow, and one directly from his site. Firstly, Chris signposts this:
“….perhaps it’s “populist” to think political elites always end up in bed with economic elites, but it seems, as a matter of fact, they often do. My opinion is that a certain “populist” enthusiasm for democracy, in [...]
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