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Published in: openDemocracyUKRebuilding democracy in Iceland: an interview with Birgitta JonsdottirIn the first of a series of interviews by Phil England examining the situation in Iceland and the possible relevance...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKChanging the way politics works: an interview with Katrin OddsdottirPhil England talks to Katrin Oddsdottir, a member of Iceland's 2011 Constitutional Council, about the process of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKPriorities of the people: an interview with Iceland's Citizens FoundationPhil England interviews Gunnar Grimsson and Robert Bjarnson of the Citizens Foundation, pioneers of an open-source...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIceland's unfinished revolution? An interview with Hordur TorfasonThe award-winning human rights activist credited with starting Iceland's 'pots and pans revolution', discusses with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIceland shows that a UK constitutional convention should involve politicians as little as possibleThe people of Iceland drafted a new constitution. But their parliament has essentially ignored it.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Democracy on ice: a post-mortem of the Icelandic constitutionIn spite of clear popular support, Iceland's new crowd-sourced constitution was recently killed by politicians. An...
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Published in: HomeReal democracy still missingThose of us who were actively working for a sustainable and democratic society in Iceland have always wondered when...
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Published in: HomeWhen politics strike back: the end of the Icelandic constitutional experiment?A wave of enthusiasm took Icelanders through the 2012 referendum after the 2008 crash, once the widely-praised...
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Published in: HomeFrom the people to the people, a new constitution
What the future holds in store and what will be the fate of the bill for a new constitution is hard to say at this...
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Published in: HomeReal democracy in Iceland?After the crash that destroyed Iceland's economy, Icelanders started to take an interest in new forms of political...
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Published in: HomeIceland: direct democracy in actionARCHIVE: The Icelandic experiment raises many intriguing questions: how do citizens of a country get called to this...
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Published in: HomeThe Icelandic constitutional experimentThis Saturday, a year after a Constitutional Council has written a draft constitution with the help of citizens,...
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Published in: HomeHope from below: composing the commons in Iceland
Never again can the world be told by the custodians of the old that the people cannot be relied upon to write the...
