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title: Methods and Infrastructure of Democratic governance
contributors:
  - Nick em
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Democracy does not happen without various infrastructure in place to
support it. Currently the processes, tools and objects associated with
democracy are:

- People
- Voting
- Participation (cf. "Ladder of participation"), (information to
  citizens, consultation, negotiation, design with residents)
- information
- Separation of Powers
- Parliaments (this is likely one aspect of democracy that may become
  obsolete, but it is essentially a forum for each person to raise an
  issue and their position on it)
