An Interview with Camille, spokesperson for the Citizens’ Assembly of Commercy. Didier Fradin is a contributor to several citizen and participatory experiments at #MAVOIX and La Belle Démocratie. He took advantage of “The Commune of…
Didier Fradin contributes to several citizen participation experiments at #MAVOIX and La Belle Démocratie. He was present at the Commune of Communes conference (January 18–19, 2020), the first gathering of free municipalities and municipal initiatives,…
Our colleagues from Action Commune, an association which supports participatory lists for municipal elections in France, listed in January 2020 more than 258 participatory lists, “a third in villages of less than 10,000 inhabitants,…
In dealing with the new threats facing security int the cities, the authorities are reacting with measures to protect citizens, most of which also involve limiting their freedoms. This situation is untenable in the long…
The security policy implemented in New York after the 2001 attacks is often an example of efficiency, technological modernity and local autonomy. The city has a strong argument for it: New York has not suffered…
Hit hard by the post-industrial crisis of the 1970s, the city saw poverty, unemployment and rising urban insecurity grow steadily in the decades that followed. Now a model of diversity and economic dynamism, Pittsburgh has…
The case of Idjwi Island shows us how, when macro-politics fail, building micro-political solutions can be a source of inspiration for rethinking the classical security strategies of Northern countries. by Arnaud Blin | …
