Panarchism is a political philosophy advocating the peaceful co-existence of all political systems, where each individual may voluntarily adhere to the system of their choice, free to join and leave the jurisdiction of the governments he sees fit. International law would be used to settle possible conflicts between individuals having chosen different systems of government. The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... The concept of peace ranks among the most controversial in our time. ... A form of government (also referred to as a system of government or a political system) is a system composed of various people, institutions and their relations in regard to the governance of a state. ... In common speech, the word individual most often refers to a person, or, by analogy, to any specific object in a group of things. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The word panarchy was invented and the concept proposed by a Belgian political scientist, Paul Émile de Puydt in 1860. He argued for panarchy as a replacement for "wasteful revolutions". The word panarchy was invented and the concept proposed by the French political scientist, Paul Emile de Puydt in 1860. ... See also: Political Science Notable political scientists Kenneth Arrow - Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist who published influential paper on his widely cited Arrows Impossibility Theorem Robert Axelrod Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician... Paul Émile de Puydt (Born in Mons, March 6, 1810 - Died in Mons, May 28, 1888) was a many-talented character. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...

Some argue that panarchism is an alternative way of presenting the same system as the one advocated by forms of anarchism (see, for example, voluntaryism and anarcho-capitalism). Anarchism is a range of political views whose name is derived from the Latin word anarchia which was first employed in translating Aristotles Greek term αναρχία the privative prefix αν an- without is combined with αρχία arkhê — meaning command or rule). Thus anarchism, in the most generally understood sense of the term... Voluntarism (lat. ... Anarcho-capitalism refers to an anti-statist philosophy that embraces capitalism as one of its foundational principles. ...

The most common criticism of panarchism is that the concept is self-contradictory, because certain political systems reject peaceful co-existence. This criticism can be answered by placing a single restriction on the political systems who can participate in panarchy: that they must accept the basic principle of panarchy itself.

One major advantage of panarchism is that nations would compete for citizens in a free-market. A world or region with a large number of micronations could provide the best embodiment of this principle. Starting a nation has traditionally been very difficult because all land is claimed by existing nations, but seasteading may lower the barrier of entry for nation enterpreneurs. Seasteading would also make immigration cheaper and easier (seasteads being analogous to mobile homes), forcing nations to be more competitive, and providing greater stability against oppressive governments. // For publications of this name, see also Nation (disambiguation). ... A free market is an idealized market system, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an... This article is about entities that are recognized by few, if any, world governments. ... A graphical image of a Seastead platform A seastead is a floating platform which could be used to create a sovereign micronation. ... A modern double-wide mobile home Mobile homes are housing units built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied, usually by being carried by tractor-trailers over public highways. ...

See also

• anarchism
• FOCJ

Anarchism is a range of political views whose name is derived from the Latin word anarchia which was first employed in translating Aristotles Greek term αναρχία the privative prefix αν an- without is combined with αρχία arkhê — meaning command or rule). Thus anarchism, in the most generally understood sense of the term... Functional, Overlapping and Competing Jurisdictions (FOCJ) is a moderate from of panarchy advocated by Swiss economist Bruno Frey. ...

External links

• Panarchy.org -- original usage
• Panarchy.com -- modern usage, writings and discussion
• Panarchism.info -- the full philosophy (oldest site, "The Exterritorial Imperative")
• Some Notes For A Talk On Panarchism to Anarchists by John Zube