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- Participedia : Strengthening democracy through shared knowledge: a list of hundreds of participatory experiments and experiences across the world.
- Precariat : a social class formed by people with little or no predictability or security in their lives, and no job security. Ascribed to the entrenchment of neoliberal capitalism.
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Museum of Australian Democracy : in Old Parliament House. How our democracy is and how it could be.
- Australia21 : an independent research organisation focusing on real-world problems, sometimes called "wicked," facing Australia.
- Reconnecting, Locally : successfully reclaiming democracy in Victoria.
- Sydney Alliance : a diverse coalition using community organising to make Sydney a better place to live.
- newDemocracy Foundation : innovating in how we do democracy in Australia.
- Living Room Conversations : Open your ears. Open your mind. Open your home.
- Fair Go for Canberra : a community-driven campaign enabling Canberrans to defend themselves from the Federal Liberal Government.
- Active Democracy : Lyn Carson, University of Sydney. Aims to promote the greatest amount possible of public participation in decision-making.
- They Vote For You : how does your MP vote on issues that matter to you?
- Your SAy : citizen input into South Australian government decisions.
- Industrial Areas Foundation : the USA's largest and oldest network for citizen leadership development.
- Citizens UK : organises communities to act together for power, social justice and the common good.
- The Citizen's Handbook : a mine of resources for community organising, creating a community project, change, participation and deliberation.
- Project for Public Spaces : a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities.
- Democracy Collaborative : a new economic vision of shared ownership and control to foster equitable and inclusive outcomes, ecological sustainability, and flourishing democratic and community life.
- Liquid Democracy : implementing the system of "transitive delegation."
- Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) : building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the support of local institutions, ABCD draws upon community strengths to build stronger, more sustainable communities.
- V-Dem, Varieties of Democracy : user-driven graphical displays of data relating to democratic principles (electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, egalitarian, majoritarian, consensual) in all countries since 1900.
- They Rule : a glimpse of some of the relationships within the US ruling class of corporate directors.
- Transforming Democracy in Indonesia, the Presencing Institute.
- RSA, 21st century enlightenment. The mission of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) is to build networks and opportunities for people to collaborate — creating fulfilling lives and a flourishing society.
- People Power Manual : a resource for activist educators, created to support facilitators and educators working to help local action groups and social movements win environmental and social justice goals.
- Rebranding Dissent : ways democracy is being neutered, dissent demonised, governance professionalised.
- Simplicity Institute : forming resilient, egalitarian and rewarding societies based on material sufficiency and renewable energy.
- ABC Radio National : How to reinvigorate democracy, with Jonathan Green. Discusses participatory and deliberative democracy, plebiscites, referenda. (MP3 audio file, 16m 50s)
- How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era, by Pia Mancini. Proposes using an open-source software platform to bring citizens inside the legislative process, and run candidates who will listen to what they say. TEDGlobal Talk (2014)
- DemocracyOS : the platform Pia described for collaborative decision-making. App so far translated into 15 languages.
- FastCompany : Sean Parker Explains His Plans to 'Repair Democracy" with a New Social Network. Parker looks to fix political engagement with the launch of Brigade, an app that lets users express their opinions on issues that matter. A difficult task, he admits.(17/06/2015)
- Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) : basic income is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all citizens on an individual basis, without means test or work requirement.