Regenerative Democracy for Envisioning and Fostering Flourishing Societies
The main objective of this article is to propose a new concept of Regenerative Democracy for envisioning and fostering flourishing societies. In pursuing this goal, this study is structured in three research strands, as follows: (i) the proposition of a cohesive set of indices for assessing global d...
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doaj-1bb41ff107774ea087da51f87a4208ed2021-06-01T00:45:12ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502021-05-01135808580810.3390/su13115808Regenerative Democracy for Envisioning and Fostering Flourishing SocietiesFabricio Casarejos0Carlos Rufin1Ivan Engel2Interdisciplinary Center for the Unknown–Fostering Global Sustainability through Regenerative Change and Futures Studies, Lincoln, MA 01773, USAInterdisciplinary Center for the Unknown–Fostering Global Sustainability through Regenerative Change and Futures Studies, Lincoln, MA 01773, USAInterdisciplinary Center for the Unknown–Fostering Global Sustainability through Regenerative Change and Futures Studies, Lincoln, MA 01773, USAThe main objective of this article is to propose a new concept of Regenerative Democracy for envisioning and fostering flourishing societies. In pursuing this goal, this study is structured in three research strands, as follows: (i) the proposition of a cohesive set of indices for assessing global democracy and its historical crisis, stability, and transitioning regimes; (ii) an evaluation of empirical correlations and interdependencies between global sustainability and democracy; and (iii) the proposition of a new concept of Regenerative Democracy and its respective system dynamics modeling archetype for portraying societal transitions and their respective patterns of behavior over time. The overall results and discussion of this study indicate an empirical trend of democratic instability, comprising a decline in quality distribution among democratic states and an increasing risk of socio-ecological degeneration. These results also reveal a highly interdependent relationship between historical achievements of essential societal needs and global democratic stability and consolidation. Finally, flourishing societies relies on social equity, political participation, intergenerational justice and solidarity, long-term thinking, and synergistic relationships between societies and Earth’s life-giving systems.https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/11/5808democracyregenerative culturesglobal sustainabilitydoughnut economicsinequalitysystem dynamics |
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Regenerative Democracy for Envisioning and Fostering Flourishing Societies |
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Regenerative Democracy for Envisioning and Fostering Flourishing Societies |
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Regenerative Democracy for Envisioning and Fostering Flourishing Societies |
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Regenerative Democracy for Envisioning and Fostering Flourishing Societies |
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Regenerative Democracy for Envisioning and Fostering Flourishing Societies |
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regenerative democracy for envisioning and fostering flourishing societies |
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The main objective of this article is to propose a new concept of Regenerative Democracy for envisioning and fostering flourishing societies. In pursuing this goal, this study is structured in three research strands, as follows: (i) the proposition of a cohesive set of indices for assessing global democracy and its historical crisis, stability, and transitioning regimes; (ii) an evaluation of empirical correlations and interdependencies between global sustainability and democracy; and (iii) the proposition of a new concept of Regenerative Democracy and its respective system dynamics modeling archetype for portraying societal transitions and their respective patterns of behavior over time. The overall results and discussion of this study indicate an empirical trend of democratic instability, comprising a decline in quality distribution among democratic states and an increasing risk of socio-ecological degeneration. These results also reveal a highly interdependent relationship between historical achievements of essential societal needs and global democratic stability and consolidation. Finally, flourishing societies relies on social equity, political participation, intergenerational justice and solidarity, long-term thinking, and synergistic relationships between societies and Earth’s life-giving systems. |
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democracy regenerative cultures global sustainability doughnut economics inequality system dynamics |
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