1 of 2 posts on democracy, citizen collaboration and civic initiatives. I'm new to CAN. Working on Transpartisan Shift.
Kettering's Research: What does it take for democracy to work as it should? Transpartisan Shift implications.
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Participating in our democracy is many things, from depressing to exhilarating. It is fascinating to study, observe and discern how to improve or transform our democracy (the parts that are toxic or breaking down). The Kettering Foundation has done some thinking on this. Happy to see that the Transpartisan Alliance innitiatives are in step with these 3 key understandings. Click Here or on the title to go to Kettering's web-site. Walt
Visit my Blog http://waltsearch.wordpress.com/
Participating in our democracy is many things, from depressing to exhilarating. It is fascinating to study, observe and discern how to improve or transform our democracy (the parts that are toxic or breaking down). The Kettering Foundation has done some thinking on this. Happy to see that the Transpartisan Alliance innitiatives are in step with these 3 key understandings. Click Here or on the title to go to Kettering's web-site. Walt
Kettering's Research
What does it take for democracy to work as it should?
Kettering’s Research: What does it take for democracy to work as it should? Transpartisan Shift implications.
“Democracy” translated is “self-rule.” According to the text of the United States Constitution, we, as a people, as a collective citizenry or public body, are the sovereign power. For sovereigns to rule, they must act. And good sovereigns must make sound decisions that will result in doing the things that serve the best interests of the public.
But democracies face perennial challenges to working as they should. As an operating research foundation, the Kettering Foundation asks its partners how citizens can address these challenges.
Three Core Hypotheses
Through our research, Kettering has developed three hypotheses that guide the questions we are asking. Our workshops and experiments test the propositions that democracy requires:- Citizens who as “sovereigns” can make sound decisions about public ...
- Citizens who can act together to deal with their problems, beginnin...
- Citizens who can align the work of the institutions created to serv...
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