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Concept XI · The State

The Policratic State

A state built so that people’s participation is part of how it works: policracy.

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Concept XI in the assembly, marked in red.
Fig. 1Concept XI in the assembly, marked in red.

The Policratic State is Poliarchism’s picture of the whole: a state whose institutions are designed for continuing, lawful participation by its citizens. The Policratic Reformer is the citizen or official who works toward it through systemic governance reform.

In brief

  • Participation designed into the structure of the state.
  • Policracy: governance by an informed, participating people.
  • The Policratic Reformer: reform of systems, by lawful means.

For discussion

What is the first institution you would redesign, and how?