10 videos tagged participatory democracy
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Rama Mani
Can we have security and democracy?
Rama Mani believes that democracy has weakened as a result of the West’s so-called fight against terror. The political agenda has narrowed, as has the democratic process itself.…
Recorded: 12 May 2007
Frances Moore Lappe
How can individuals make a difference? (Part 1)
In the first two clips of this three part series, Frances Moore Lappé identifies the most pressing problem in the world today as being a pervasive feeling of powerlessness among…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Frances Moore Lappe
How can individuals make a difference? (Part 2)
In the first two clips of this three part series, Frances Moore Lappé identifies the most pressing problem in the world today as being a pervasive feeling of powerlessness among…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Vandana Shiva
What would real democracy look like?
Shiva describes the current systems of democracy worldwide as a sham. Representative democracy has been hijacked by an ‘economic dictatorship.’ This has been led by…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Frances Moore Lappe
How can individuals make a difference? (Part 3)
In part three, Frances Moore Lappé explains why she thinks Living Democracy is gathering momentum around the world. She says the dissemination of ideas and information over the…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Beate Weber
Does local politics matter?
Beate Weber makes the distinction between hierarchical and horizontal governance. Legislation is hierarchical in that laws are typically imposed from above. Politics, however, is…
Recorded: 20 May 2006
Beate Weber
Why is local government important?
The local arena provides a constant reflection of all decisions, both good and bad, taken by those in power. It is therefore important that the electorate is engaged at this level.…
Recorded: 20 May 2006
John Cavanagh
What impacts has globalization had?
John Cavanagh looks at the history of economic globalization. He believes we are emerging from a “dark age” of the 1980s and 1990s, which saw the rise of what George…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
What does it mean to be a consumer?
John Cavanagh highlights the power that individuals possess as consumers, workers, investors and citizens by the choices that they make. He points to the success of the fair trade…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Jerry Mander
What’s wrong with economic globalization?
Jerry Mander talks about how the global economic system, established half a century ago at Bretton Woods, is fundamentally unsustainable. He argues that the poor are not benefiting…
Recorded: 24 January 2005
