Democracy

Listening to the People's Voice in Detroit

In this op-ed for The Detroit News, Rob Goodspeed argues that Detroit needs to exert more effort to dialog with its citizens about how the city should change.

4 June 2011 - 5:00am

The Detroit News

Urban Planning's Civic Dividend

The Tea Party has it all wrong, writes Joel Mills. Urban planning is not a radical, elitist agenda, but the best example of local democracy available today.

31 January 2011 - 9:00am

Calling for Consolidation of Hundreds of Tiny Townships

Hundreds of townships in Indiana serve fewer than 1,000 people each, prompting some government officials to call for consolidation to reduce wasted resources.

26 January 2011 - 10:00am

The Indianapolis Star

From Mega-Cities to Meta-Cities

RThe impact of cities is spreading beyond local and even national borders, argues Robert Neuwirth in this piece from What Matters.

13 January 2011 - 5:00am

What Matters

Reinventing Government in the Wiki Age

Beth Novick, author of Wiki Government, says that today's technology invites us to "rethink not only our democratic institutions, but our democratic theory."

15 August 2010 - 11:00am

WorldChanging

Chicago's $1.3 Million Experiment in Democracy

In a Chicago Tribune op-ed, Alderman Joe Moore explains why he is letting residents decide how to spend his $1.3m ward budget, through the first Participatory Budgeting process in the US.

1 April 2010 - 11:00am

Chicago Tribune

Chicago's $1.3 Million Experiment in Democracy

In a Chicago Tribune op-ed, Alderman Joe Moore explains why he is letting residents decide how to spend his $1.3 ward budget, through the first Participatory Budgeting process in the US.

31 March 2010 - 11:00am

Chicago Tribune

Earthquakes, Building Codes and the Politics of Architecture

Mark Kingwell observes the sharp -- and deadly -- contrast between shining Shanghai skyscrapers and the poorly-built prefab concrete structures in China's rural areas that proved to be deathtraps in the recent earthquake.

26 May 2008 - 9:00am

The Globe & Mail

Chris Steins

The G-Word

Fri, 03/09/2007 - 11:30

Are politicians becoming obsolete in the age of the Internet? Are they simply the 'middle-men' that will be replaced by votes cast directly by citizens? This was the issue before a veritable rock-star cast of poliltical insiders from California and around the country. So what is the G-Word?

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