Participatory democracy

Participatory democracy is a broadly inclusive term for many kinds of consultative decision making in a democracy. Its variants include:

• Anticipatory democracy
• Consensus democracy
• Deliberative democracy
• Direct democracy
• Non-partisan democracy

Representative democracy is not generally considered participatory. Bioregional democracy often is, but that is not necessary to its definition. Grassroots democracy is an alternative term that has actually been used to imply almost any combination of the above.

See also

• E-democracy
• Internet democracy
• Liquid Democracy

External links

• Conference: Participatory democracy: current situation and opportunities provided by the European Constitution
• EESC conference on Participatory democracy