Wicracy
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Wicracy is a political system in which political party members are allowed to determine the agenda or platform of the party to which they belong.1 In short, wicracy establishes democracy at the issue or "plank" level rather than simply at the candidate or election level. It is a political extension of the "user-generated and maintained content" trend that has given rise to web phenomena such as Wikipedia itself.
The primary benefit of wicracy, according to the [Wicracy.org] website, is that political parties are allowed to reflect the actual views of the actual party members at large rather than the views of a few party leaders. Opposition to wicracy may be based on reasons which are similar to criticisms lodged at other user-maintained systems: decentralization and the potential for abuse.
Internet critic and noted journalist Ben Charny sees both virtue and vice in wicracy, focusing on whether wicracy can be tied to financial matters, i.e., donations to political parties.2
Notes
- Note 1: [Politics Online "Super Sites"]
- Note 2: See [eWeek "Politics 2.0: Micro-Graft and Wikis"]
See also
- Wikocracy
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