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participatory democracy in American Englishnounindividual participation by citizens in political decisions and policies that affect their lives, esp. directly rather than through elected representatives Also: participant democracy Examples of 'participatory democracy' in a sentenceparticipatory democracy But how could participatory democracy work in practice?This is 'participatory democracy' as she likes to call it.Several recent reports have urged an expansion of direct, participatory democracy to tackle the widely discussed problem of political disengagement.Ministers probably realised that these new forms of participatory democracy would be seized on by single-issue campaigners.Until we have a participatory democracy rather than a representational democracy, we will end up with creepy people in charge.Representative democracy from the last century can evolve to a more participatory democracy in this.The proper functioning of a modern participatory democracy requires that the media be free, active, professional and enquiring.Choosing it means consulting people, the kind of participatory democracy that rebuilds trust in politics. |