Sortition: the way to remake democracy for the 21st century
Photo credit: flickr user Amy West used under Creative Commons license: One of the big – perhaps even the biggest – philosophical questions that any society must answer is…
In an age that seemingly hates experts, how should academics respond?
Academics are needed, but not in their ivory towers. Image credit: flickr user Timothy Vollmer @N00/ A lot of things were said during the Brexit referendum. Some of them…
It is not the ‘ignorant masses’, but rather obscene wealth that really threatens our democracy
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: It’s been said so often now that it’s becoming a bit of a truism, but 2016 was a bit shite. Whilst the doomsday clock…
Democracy is in crisis, but it’s not too late to save it
Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States without winning support from a majority of voters. Image by Flickr user Gage Skidmore. The United States has – albeit…
The US election: where we’re at
After a surprising and emotional night of election results, the United States now knows who their 45th president will be. At the time of writing Trump is standing on 279…
Brexit hurts, but don’t let it turn us away from a more direct democracy
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Post-Brexit, trust in ‘the people’ is pretty low. Democracy seemingly let us down in the Scottish ref, the recent Columbian referendum and in the ongoing…
Online voting is central to digital engagement
Keyboard- by Marcie Casas, Creative Commons license Digital democracy has taken centre stage of late. Indeed, Bright Green’s recent piece: How digital democracy can boost political engagement, combined with…
Reflections on the fight for a frack-free Lancashire
The plans were loose; we would gather for a community conversation about what next now that Westminster has seen fit to drill the democracy right out of Lancashire and enforce…
Political engagement: what have we learnt?
Democracy- by flicker user Sara: Part of Bright Green’s new political engagement series For the last few weeks Bright Green has been publishing a series of articles on political…
This boundary review risks skewing our democracy. It’s time to think again
By Slaunger (Own work) , via Wikimedia CommonsIt’s fair to say the boundary review has caused a stir. Why? Let’s start with the whole basis of this shakeup. The boundary…