four rules for councils' democratisation work
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The Democratic Society
Four rulesfor councils’ democratic engagement
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http://www.demsoc.org
One.Remember the di!erence between consumers and citizens
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They need di!erent sorts of engagement
Consumer Citizen
Recipient Participant
One-o! Ongoing
Individualist Collective
Managerial Political
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http://www.demsoc.org
Not everyone sees the council as neutral
My LocalCouncil
For example, local politicians always carry their national party’s baggage
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Political issues = di"cult issues
You can’t always get to an agreed position when there are underlying philosophical di!erences
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Two.People understand local government less than you think they do.
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Don’t force people into your structures
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Focus on the citizen, not the process
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http://www.demsoc.org
Don’t assume knowledge, with anyone
Who’s in charge of planning policy around
here, anyway ?
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http://www.demsoc.org
Three.Work to expand the democratic space
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Don’t use the council website
Don’t use this When you can use these (and many others)
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Make online and o#ine support each other
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Remember that politics bores most people
Assume that people have ten minutes a month for
politics, not an hour or two every day
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Four.Real engagement means culture change and service transformation
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Few politicians, many citizens
For every one politician, councillor, senior civil servant or political journalist...
...there are 44,470 ordinary citizens.
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O"cers need to get out and engage
Even the best politicians have• little time• little understanding of detail• little knowledge of background
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http://www.demsoc.org
Public speaking ≠ political speaking
Explaining the background to the new parking schemeon Nevskii Prospekt
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A cheering final word:Local government does culture change well
• Partnership working done
• Joint commissioning done
• Trusts & shared services done
• Real openness and engagement