An Informatics Theory of Effective Democracy

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  • Title: An Informatics Theory of Effective Democracy: Democratic Wisdom Hypothesis and General Relativity of Democracy
  • Author(s): Amir Hassan Ghaseminejad Tafreshi
  • Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
  • Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
  • Series: Technology, Knowledge & Society
  • Journal Title: The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society
  • Keywords: Informatics Theory of Effective Democracy, Information Systems, Effective Democracy, Information Dissemination, Communication Technology, Democratic Decision Making, Citizen Participation, System Modelling, Modeling Democracy, General Relativity of Democr
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 7
  • Date: May 03, 2007
  • ISSN: 1832-3669 (Print)
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-3669/CGP/v02i07/59470
  • Citation: Ghaseminejad Tafreshi, Amir Hassan. 2007. "An Informatics Theory of Effective Democracy: Democratic Wisdom Hypothesis and General Relativity of Democracy." The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society 2 (7): 91-106. doi:10.18848/1832-3669/CGP/v02i07/59470.
  • Extent: 16 pages

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Abstract

The effectiveness of an individual's decisions to choose the best options depends on her or his information about the subject and the environment; as a result, the effectiveness of democracies which aggregate these individual decisions depends on the consideration of timely information by citizens. Behind the concept of Democracy there lies an idea that this paper calls the Democratic Wisdom Hypothesis. Based on this hypothesis democratic systems can be considered the best social system for human communities and societies; and consequently, living in a democracy can be considered a human right; However, democratic systems have had many different performances and their effectiveness has not been the same. To describe the level of effectiveness of democratic systems in making the effective decisions this paper proposes the Informatics Theory of Effective Democracy which lets us to compare the effectiveness of democratic systems in a six dimensional space which results in the idea of General Relativity of Democracy.