Lack of participation by local communities in democratic processes

Lack of local participation in national programmes
Disengagement 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

Lack of participation in development

Reluctance to join in community action

Ineffective decision-making processes

Deficient social planning

Collapse of corporate engagement in society

Narrower

Monopolization by interest groups in development of community priorities

Lack of grassroots involvement in economic planning

Lack of participation in local welfare programmes

Ineffectiveness of individual participation in large communities

Aggravates

Failure to adapt general initiatives to specific needs

Failure of remedial action plans

Aggravated by

Inadequate grass-roots initiative

Disillusionment with democracy

Self-conception of ethical void

Refusal to participate

Parochial preoccupation with community problems

Strategy

Participating as local communities in democratic processes

Monitoring public participation in national environmental action plans

Involving local populations

Including local populations in solutions to problems

Addressing failure to include local populations in solutions to problems

Abstaining from participation by local communities in democratic processes

Value

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database

World problems

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

Subject

Metapolitics » Political theories

Social activity » Participation

Societal problems » Failure

Societal problems » Scarcity

Society » Communities

Society » Local

Sociology » Population

Content quality

Presentable

Language

English

Last update

Oct 6, 2023