Problem
Undemocratic policy-making
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Non-corporate decision makingInsider policy-making
Policy-making conspiracy
Unrepresentative policy makers
Undemocratic government decision-making
Restricted access to policy formulation processes
Lack of organized participation
Non-participative decision-making
Exclusion from participation in decision-making
Inequitable decision making
Political exclusion
Incidence:
There was no proper public discussion, not even a congressional discussion, of the presidential decision to send US Marines into Somalia in 1992. The decision was executed within a few days and most Americans heard about it on the television news.
Broader Problems:
Undemocratic organizationsUndemocratic social systemsIrresponsible policy-makingUnorganized development effortsDenial of control over own lifeContempt for democratic processes Narrower Problems:
Lack of brainstormingPolicy-making by stealthLimited decision-making contextUnrepresentativeness of trade unionsVictimization of grassroots knowledgeLimited access to technological decisionsDiscrimination against women in public lifeLimited access to natural resource use decisionsNon-participation of youth in decision-making bodiesIneffectiveness of democratic consultation proceduresLack of worker participation in business decision-makingOver-reliance on economic interest groups by policy agenciesLack of participation of disabled persons in decision-makingInadequate access of indigenous peoples to international decision-making processesState capture Related Problems:
Narrow context for counselInadequate corporate governanceGlobal complexity as a hindrance to leadershipExclusion of the masses from setting criteria in judicial judgementsConspiracy against the public Aggravates:
RebellionInappropriate policiesDenial of political rightsElitist control of global economyPublic resentment at government policies Strategies:
Restricting access to policy formulation processesCondemning undemocratic policy-makingInstalling representative policy makersEntering into conspiraciesUsing social exclusionReducing inequality in decision makingPreserving inequality in decision makingProviding sufficient organized participationAbstaining from organized participation Subject(s):
Commerce → Business enterprisesDefence → Espionage, subversion
Government → Government
Government → Political
Metapolitics → Political theories
Policy-making → Policy
Social Activity → Participation
Societal Problems → Deprivation
Societal Problems → Restrictions
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
19.03.2020 – 18:55 CET