Local Democracy
By us and for us: How local democracy can build and strengthen community
Author / Creator: Willie Sullivan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
It is not enough that the future is built, it must be built for us. We must now learn a lesson for our next hundred years; it is not enough that the future is built for us, it must be built by us.
How Covid changed Scotland: Our local government must be reimagined
Author / Creator: Ben Wray
Media type: Article
Date published:
Ben Wray explains why local government has to be reimagined
Resilient Scotland; Part Two
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Creating a resilient Scotland covers the next Scottish Parliament. It provides the detail of how the transformation envisaged can be achieved quickly, with a closer look at our economy, society and democracy.
Development councils; a proposal for a new system of local democracy in Scotland
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published:
Scotland has the worst degree of local democracy in Europe. To correct this, Scotland should create a new tier of local democracy at the community level. The size and shape of each new democratic area should be defined by communities themselves. Each area should be represented by a Development Council, elected by every member of the community aged 16 or above.