A hatalom lokalizációja – Átalakuló hatalomgyakorlás, inkluzív demokrácia

Bevonódáson, állampolgári részvételen alapuló közösségi hatalomgyakorlás

Absztrakt

From the many indicators which can be used to measure the satisfaction with the governance, the different citizen trust indexes show unanimously the fall of trust and interest towards state institutions and political parties all over Europe (Hunyady, 2010). It was clearly articulated by the different types of Occupy Wall Street – as grassroots movements – in several parts of the world, ranging from the US through Western Europe and even in Central and Eastern Europe, that citizens want to get much closer insights and a greater participation level in the decision making process than before. The relevance of channeling the local levels in the decision making processes seems to be indispensable. The paper will highlight some aspects of the current political crisis which is structural in its nature. Furthermore it will offer some alternative leadership theories, which could be adequate to answer these structural problems: the question of greater involvement of citizens (citizen pillar) and the issue of democratic deficit addressed through different democracy development methods involving various elements of direct democracy projects, e-democracy and local participation development, and best practices of municipal participatory democracy programs.