{"id":3489358,"date":"2021-11-08T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T14:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/?page_id=3489358"},"modified":"2023-09-25T17:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:59:35","slug":"democracy_rising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/democracy_rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a195d4e2\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div id=\"wrb-featured-hero-block_979e4a07306101bd8d809272f384771b\" class=\"wrb-featured-hero\">\r\n\t<div class=\"image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1346px-Eugene_Delacroix_-_Le_28_Juillet._La_Liberte_guidant_le_peuple.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Liberty leading the people, Eugene Delacroix\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1346px-Eugene_Delacroix_-_Le_28_Juillet._La_Liberte_guidant_le_peuple.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1346px-Eugene_Delacroix_-_Le_28_Juillet._La_Liberte_guidant_le_peuple-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1346px-Eugene_Delacroix_-_Le_28_Juillet._La_Liberte_guidant_le_peuple-299x200.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/>\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"text\">\r\n\t\t<div><p>&#8220;Democracy Rising&#8221; is a series of blog posts on <strong>deliberative democracy<\/strong>: what it is, why it\u2019s powerful, why the time is right for it, how it works, and how to get it going in your community. Written by deliberation scholars and practitioners, the series originates in the United States but discusses principles and draws upon examples from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>(Views and opinions expressed in each post are those of the individual contributors only.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<style>\r\n.wrb-featured-hero {\r\n\tdisplay: flex;\r\n\tbackground: #e6f2fa;\r\n\tflex-wrap: wrap;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.wrb-featured-hero .image {\r\n\twidth: 100%;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.wrb-featured-hero .image img {\r\n\tdisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.wrb-featured-hero .text {\r\n\tdisplay: flex;\r\n\twidth: 100%;\r\n\tpadding: 50px;\r\n\talign-items: center;\r\n}\r\n\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\r\n\t.wrb-featured-hero .image {\r\n\t\twidth: 60%;\r\n\t}\r\n\r\n\t.wrb-featured-hero .text {\r\n\t\twidth: 40%;\r\n\t}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dd534db4\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<!-- cache: true --->\t<div id=\"wrb-feed-block_42110f362070b0fe2633eade4416bda8\" class=\"wrb-feed\" data-cache=\"false\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2024-09-04\/democracy-rising-33-a-democratic-revolution-in-rojava\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/markus-spiske-ULav6EUvwW4-unsplash-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rojava poster\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2024-09-04\/democracy-rising-33-a-democratic-revolution-in-rojava\/\">Democracy Rising 33: A Democratic Revolution in Rojava\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/arthur-pye\/\">Arthur Pye<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/strangematters.coop\/\">Strange Matters<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>How the Rojavan democracy was made to happen should be of deep interest to everyone seeking a democracy built and nurtured from the bottom up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">September 4, 2024<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2024-04-30\/democracy-rising-32-sortition-for-a-steady-state-economy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image001-3-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blind justice\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2024-04-30\/democracy-rising-32-sortition-for-a-steady-state-economy\/\">Democracy Rising 32: Sortition for a Steady-State Economy?<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/gary-gardner\/\">Gary Gardner<\/a>, <a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steadystate.org\/sortition-for-a-steady-state-economy\/\">CASSE<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>How about it: Shall we leave the establishment of a steady state economy to the pro-growth \u201crepresentative\u201d democracies? \u00a0Or should we sort it out ourselves?<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">April 30, 2024<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-11-08\/democracy-rising-31-wicked-problems-wise-communities-part-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/unnamed-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"deliberative democracy\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-11-08\/democracy-rising-31-wicked-problems-wise-communities-part-3\/\">Democracy Rising 31: Wicked Problems, Wise Communities, Part 3<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/martin-carcasson\/\">Mart\u00edn Carcasson<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>I would argue our best long-term hope of improving our national system is for \u00a0more and more local communities to build up robust and productive deliberative systems, to the point that people see the viability and positive impacts of the deliberative alternative, build up their skills to engage each other, and re-establish their trust in each other and key institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">November 8, 2023<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-10-02\/democracy-rising-30-wicked-problems-wise-communities-part-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/unnamed-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"people talking\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-10-02\/democracy-rising-30-wicked-problems-wise-communities-part-2\/\">Democracy Rising 30: Wicked Problems, Wise Communities, Part 2<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/martin-carcasson\/\">Mart\u00edn Carcasson<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>If we set out to design processes to ensure horrible, unproductive conversations that keep us from addressing shared problems well, our current national system would do very well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">October 2, 2023<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-09-05\/democracy-rising-29-wicked-problems-wise-communities-part-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/unnamed-640x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feed size-feed wp-post-image\" alt=\"deliberative democracy\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"text col-12 col-sm-6\">\r\n\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-09-05\/democracy-rising-29-wicked-problems-wise-communities-part-1\/\">Democracy Rising 29: Wicked Problems, Wise Communities, Part 1<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"author-byline font-sh2\"><a class=\"subtle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/resilience-author\/martin-carcasson\/\">Mart\u00edn Carcasson<\/a>, Resilience.org<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"font-b2\"><p>At this point in the ongoing democratic experiments in the United States and around the world, two things have become exceedingly clear: democracy requires high-quality communication, and we do not get close to the necessary quality naturally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"font-sh2 text-gray\">September 5, 2023<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-sidebyside\">\r\n\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"image col-12 col-sm-6\"><a class=\"zoom-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2023-05-02\/democracy-rising-28-ai-gossip-and-our-epistemological-crisis\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" 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