Principles and Mediating Values
A concept of democracy that is anchored in clear principles and values helps provide a framework for high-quality democracy against which localities can evaluate and measure themselves. Using a common set of democratic principles, such as popular control over public decision-making and equality among citizens, is important throughout all phases of the State of Local Democracy assessment.
Popular control and political equality guide all local democracy assessments. The more these two principles are present, the more democratic a system of public decision-making can be considered. Eight mediating values have been identified to help citizens assess the key principles in their local unit.
Popular Control / Political Equality
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