Problem
Lack of participation from local communities in democratic processes
Other Names:
Lack of local participation in national programmesDisengagement of citizens from community activities (137331)
Nature:
Political, cultural and economic boundaries inhibit local representatives from playing a significant role in the decision-making of the larger societies of which they are a part.
Broader Problems:
Deficient social planningLack of participation in developmentIneffective decision-making processesReluctance to join in community actionCollapse of corporate engagement in society Narrower Problems:
Lack of participation in local welfare programmesLack of grassroots involvement in economic planningIneffectiveness of individual participation in large communitiesMonopolization by interest groups in development of community priorities Strategies:
Fostering popular participation in developmentMonitoring public participation in national environmental action plansInvolving local populationsAddressing failure to include local populations in solutions to problemsIncluding local populations in solutions to problemsParticipating as local communities in democratic processesAbstaining from participation by local communities in democratic processes Subject(s):
Metapolitics → Political theories??Social Activity → Participation??
Societal Problems → Failure??
Societal Problems → Scarcity??
Society → Communities??
Society → Local??
Sociology → Population??
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
14.01.2016 – 10:09 CET