Simon Andrzejewski
A sociologist and a political scientist working on democracy research. He defended his PhD at the University of Gdańsk in 2023, now an assistant at the Department of Sociology at the University of Warmia and Mazury. It seeks a fresh organization form for local government, taking into account democratic innovations specified as mini-publics, civic science, democratic vouchers and civic vouchers, or extended democracy based on public data. Author of the book "Local Democracy in Gdańsk in Field Theory".
Szymon Andrzejewski, author of the book “Local Democracy in Gdańsk in the field theory”, answers the questions of Rafał Górski, editor-in-chief of the civilian Affairs Week.
A Democratic voucher consists of giving all citizen a voucher worth, for example, $100 in denominations of $25. It would be awarded on an equal footing with the right to vote in elections.
Simon Andrzejewski
If there is individual who has the thought of how to organise funds, make a base, is able to break the pattern, while generalising public backing is simply a stabilising factor, but unfortunately not peculiarly healthy.
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All sides Ambition and Greed arrive.
Machiavelli
- W Krakow residents showed the president a red card. Does this consequence have anything to do with the request to discuss how the parties and run campaigns in Poland are financed?
- What precisely is the concept of a democratic voucher? What would it look like in practice – e.g. each adult citizen gets a certain amount (e.g. 100 PLN) to distribute to the parties or candidates he chooses?
- This strategy has been moving in Seattle for respective years. What was the result? Did it truly increase the participation of average citizens in policy financing and reduce the impact of large donors?
Local referendum – good change Jarosław Sachajko, Rafał Górski
- What are the top benefits of introducing a democratic voucher in Poland – both in parliamentary and local elections?
- What possible problems and risks are associated with this solution? Are we not threatened by waste of public money, manipulation or low attendance in the usage of vouchers?
- Under Polish conditions – with low assurance in politicians and parties – does this solution have a chance of social acceptance? How can we implement them so that it does not become another tool in the hands of the establishment?
- What crucial question has no 1 always asked you on the topics we are talking about today, and what is the answer to them?
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