This is the project for direct political democracy, economic democracy
(beyond the confines of the market economy and state planning), as well as
democracy in the social realm and ecological democracy. In short, Inclusive
Democracy is a form of social organisation which re-integrates society with
economy, polity and nature.
The concept of
Inclusive Democracy is derived from a synthesis of two major historical
traditions: the classical democratic and the socialist. It also encompasses
radical green, feminist, indigenous and liberation movements in the South.
From the Inclusive
Democracy perspective the world is in a multidimensional crisis, caused by
the concentration of power in the hands of various elites, as a result of the
establishment of the system of market/growth economy, representative
democracy and the related forms of hierarchical structures. Inclusive
Democracy is therefore not seen as a utopia but as probably the only way out
of the present crisis.
Texts on the
Inclusive Democracy project can be found in Democracy & Nature; The
International Journal of Inclusive Democracy; Takis Fotopoulos' Archive
and the (Greek) Periektiki Dimokratia - a journal for the promotion of
Inclusive Democracy in Greece.