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Encyclopedia > Participatory politics

Parpolity or Participatory Politics is a theoritical political system proposed by Stephen R. Shalom, professor of political science at William Patterson University in New Jersey. State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th)  - Land 19,231 km²  - Water 3,378 km² (14. ...


It was developed as a political vision to accompany Parecon or Participatory economics. Shalom has stated that Parpolity is meant as a long range vision of where the social justice movement might want to end up, within the field of politics. Participatory economics, or parecon, a participatory economics system proposed as an alternative to other systems such as capitalism and coordinatorism, emerged from the work of the radical theorist Michael Albert and of the radical economist Robin Hahnel, beginning in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Participatory economics, or parecon is a participatory economic system proposed as an alternative to contemporary capitalism and also an alternative to centrally planned socialism or coordinatorism, that emerged from the work of radical theorist Michael Albert and that of radical economist Robin Hahnel, beginning in the 1980s and 1990s. ...


The values on which parpolity is based are freedom, self-management, justice, solidarity and tolerance. The goal, according to Shalom, is to create a political system that will allow people to participate, as much as possible in a face to face manner. The proposed decision-making principle is that every person should have say in a decision proportionate to the degree to which she or he is affected by that decision.


The vision is critical of aspects of modern representative democracies arguing that the level of political control by the people isn’t sufficient. To address this problem Parpolity suggests a system of nested councils, which would include every adult member of a given society. Representative democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein voters choose (in free, secret, multi-party elections) representatives to act in their interests, but not as their proxies—i. ...


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Participatory economics, or parecon is a participatory economic system proposed as an alternative to contemporary capitalism and also an alternative to centrally planned socialism or coordinatorism, that emerged from the work of radical theorist Michael Albert and that of radical economist Robin Hahnel, beginning in the 1980s and 1990s. ...

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Participatory politics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (231 words)
Parpolity or Participatory Politics is a theoritical political system proposed by Stephen R. Shalom, professor of political science at William Paterson University in New Jersey.
It was developed as a political vision to accompany Participatory economics (Parecon).
The proposed decision-making principle is that every person should have say in a decision proportionate to the degree to which she or he is affected by that decision.
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