E2D International (E2D) was the
political international
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of the
electronic direct democracy
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(E2D) party movement. The
E2D Manifesto described the basic political principles of E2D International member parties. Most of the member parties are defunct. The Swedish
Direktdemokraterna remains as the last active party as of November 2020.
Project
To help create and promote parties with only one element in their program:
direct democracy
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("a form of democracy in which sovereignty is lodged in the assembly of all citizens who choose to participate").
E2D parties were to be politically
non-partisan
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and their agenda entirely based on people's decision, determined by means of referendums and initiatives organized by party members and citizens. These organized systems were supposed to allow citizens to vote on propositions of laws submitted by elected members of parliament, but also to propose new laws.
Mission
The mission for E2D International was "to help establish, to support and promote, and to maintain communication and co-operation between neutral electronic direct democracy parties around the world."
The E2D Manifesto
The
E2D Manifesto, collaboratively drafted in February 2011 by representatives from
Citizens for Direct Democracy,
Online Party of Canada,
Partido de Internet,
Aktiv Demokrati,
Demoex,
Senator Online and
Partidul Romania Online using Participedia.net, was a document which described the basic political principles of E2D International. The E2D Manifesto was inspired by the ideas of
Aki Orr, amongst others.
Parties
E2D was active in several countries.
See also
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Anticipatory democracy
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Collaborative e-democracy
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Collaborative governance
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Consensus democracy
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Deliberative democracy
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Demarchy
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Direct democracy
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E-participation
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E-democracy
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Electronic direct democracy
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Grassroots democracy
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Grassroots
A grassroots movement i ...
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Inclusive Democracy
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Open source governance
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Non-partisan democracy
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Participatory budgeting
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Participatory economics
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Participatory justice
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Public incubator
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Public sphere
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Public participation
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Radical transparency
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Rationality and power
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Sociocracy
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Workers' council
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References
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Further reading
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Orr, A. (2007). ''Big Business, Big Government or Direct Democracy: Who Should Shape Society?'
online version* Gutmann, A. D., Thompson, F. (2004). "Why Deliberative Democracy?", Princeton University Press
Google Books*
Surowiecki, James (2004). ''The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations'' Little, Brown
*Ober, Josiah (1989). Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology and the Power of the People. Princeton
*Ober, Josiah and C. Hendrick (edds) (1996). Demokratia: a conversation on democracies, ancient and modern. Princeton
* Raaflaub K. A., Ober J., Wallace R. W. (2007) ''Origins of Democracy in Ancient Greece'', University of California Press.
External links
Aktiv DemokratiCitizens for Direct DemocracyDimopolisDemocratici DirettiDirect Democracy Party of New ZealandDemoexHayeshiraOnline Party of CanadaOurNZ PartyPartido de InternetPartidul Romania OnlineSenator OnlineSvojpolitik.siMap of Worldwide Direct or Fluid Democracy
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