Compare And Contrast Noveck Movement And Arthur's 5th Movement

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The people established the nation, so they have the right to decide what happened to it. The topic at hand is citizen working with their government. Both Arthur’s 5th movement and Noveck’s movement demand more a more civilized approach to the government. Arthur’s solution seems to appear well on paper. Similar to Noveck’s idea on an open government. While Arthur’s movement is toward his courts, Noveck’s movement is for the 21st-century government. Both movements have potential to succeed. Some phases of Arthur and Noveck’s plans will fail; however, their end result is somewhat successful. First of all, Arthur has executed his plans to the court. Plans to benefits his court. Most of the plans fail to result in a need of a superior plan. There …show more content…

Arthur notices Lancelot at the feast, and he called him over. Arthur discusses his plan to Lancelot. White writes, “You want to put an end to the Strong Arm, by having a band of knights who believe in justice rather than strength. Yes, I like to be one of those very much” (316). Arthur recruits younger knights because they can be taught Arthur’s new way and forget the old ways. The phase was successful since Arthur did recruit young knights for the Round Table to fight for right. Next, Arthur’s plans start plunging down. There are no more strong-arm knights to apprehend. Arthur’s explains to Lancelot about the repercussions of his plan. White describes, “While there were still giants and dragons and wicked knights of the old brigade, we could keep them occupied: we could keep [the Orkney brothers] in order. But now that the ends have been achieved, there is nothing for them to use their might on” (433). This phase leads to failure because the knights now have more time to do whatever they want. There is nothing to direct might in the ways of good anymore. With the freedom to do whatever, morals start slipping. Afterward, Arthur plans to redirect might with a religious aspect. Arthur assigns his knights to search for the Holy …show more content…

She describes the current government as close and separate from the people. The problems of the current government are that there are no institutions that are good at many complexities and bringing talents to bear. Unlike Arthur’s plan, Noveck’s plan only has two stages. Noveck’s describes the crowds need to deliver better information to the center. She further explains how the current bureaucracy patent system is decided by a single person. Noveck announces, “...[T]he United State Patent Office will be rolling out universal, complete, and total openness, so that all patent applications will now be open for citizen participation, beginning [in 2012]” (Noveck). The first phase will possibly work since the majority of citizen want to control. The 21st century has many methods to be heard either through petitions or social medias. Now, the United State Patent Office can receive better information from scientists and technologists to make better patent laws. The first phase is the easiest out of the two. The second phase is to give the executive, managerial power to the people. Noveck explains, “Participatory budgeting has long been practiced in Porto Alegre, Brazil. They're just starting it in the 49th Ward in Chicago. Russia is using wikis to get citizens writing law together, as is Lithuania” (Noveck). The second phase might not work because not everybody is dedicated or educated to govern. There are many