Economics is for Everyone! | Provocation by Graham Smith

Economics is for Everyone! | Provocation by Graham Smith

The economy is an area of decision-making fiercely protected by experts and politicians from public participation. But public confidence in this closed policy community is waning and arguments for democratic participation in an area that so profoundly shapes all our...
Sustaining democracy in disaster: The seeds of recovery

Sustaining democracy in disaster: The seeds of recovery

Bronwyn Hayward argues that despite the New Zealand Government’s attempts to limit democracy after the 2010-2012 earthquakes – by breaching the Constitution and excluding local voices in decision-making – innovative citizen actions showed alternative, more...