1. World problems
  2. Obsolete deliberative systems

Obsolete deliberative systems

  • Outmoded deliberative systems of government

Nature

Questions, problems and debates put to existing deliberative systems are in conflict with the archaic concepts, the supply of wisdom, knowledge and data, and the analytical methods of those systems. Those wanting to participate in political power are frustrated. Priorities set by decision-making processes are unrelated to people's needs and expectations.

Incidence

The inflexibility of the decision making processes of governments vary from system to system but all fail to actually involve local people, except in the most minimal of ways, in the political processes. As governments become more complex the less flexible they are in discerning or responding to the needs of the grassroots. People become more disenfranchised, more tyrannized by government and less and less involved in the processes of governing. The government becomes less and less legitimate and then increases its complexity and inflexibility.

Claim

Deliberative systems are being seriously threatened and rendered ineffective and noncomprehensive by the complexity and size of highly urbanized societies. Problems are developing which are of a very different nature from those out of which the systems were created. Ineffectiveness and parochialism are evident in the face of the demand for meaningful effective grassroots participation.

Broader

Narrower

Aggravates

Class conflict
Presentable
Anarchism
Presentable

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Strategy

Value

Self-government
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Outmoded
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Obsolescence
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Government
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Subject
  • Cybernetics » Systems
  • Government » Government
  • Societal problems » Obsolescence
  • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020