View source for Fung: Three dimensions of participation

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Based on [http://www.archonfung.net/papers/FungVarietiesPAR.pdf Archon Fung, 2006]

The three dimensions are:
# Participation: The level of the participation in the decision making process, form the whole public to paid adminstration.
# Authority and power to decide: From listeners to Direct authority to give orders.
# Expertise and decision making: From layman to Experts


When one want to get to full [[direct democracy]], there are several obsitcles.

On the participation level, many decision making take a lot of time and expertise, which consume a lot of time and resources from the citizens. Also, If we want to [[Unframe]] a decision, [[Limitations on group size|milions of citizens will find it hard to negotiate]].