Example Of Participatory Democracy

Participatory democracy provides and an anti-elite concept. It allows the idea that non-elites and ordinary citizens can take part of the political decision-making; thus make them better citizens of the nation. Simply, it is about anyone's direct participation in the political decision-making process. By anyone, it means people of color and even people with different sexual orientation including women. In the 1960s and the 1970s, participatory democracy served an important role in the rise of Women’s Liberation. This movement intended to achieve equality for both men and women in the American society. Certain adherents to the movement such as Naomi Weisstein, Ella Baker, Robin Morgan, and Barbara Epstein ignited the interests of women participation

It discusses how the Civil Rights Movement also became an important bridge in crossing this movement and even ignited further participation of women rights advocates. We also discuss how adherents acquired better political skills as well as their attempts to create a national movement amidst diversity. To conclude, it is important to note that if these movements would have used the 21st-century social media as a tool to spread their advocacy, the Women’s Liberation would have a number of women to participate in their cause, even including those outside America. We take an example of the Women’s March that took the Trump inauguration by storm in January this year. Despite the even more accurate projection that it could be a more diverse group, especially that more women could be involved, the 21st-century social media could be the most powerful tool thus far to prove how participatory democracy served as a bridge to allow more women in expressing their advocacies of equality and

The two groups were considered synonymous with each other and thus commonly referred to as the “Movement” (Echols, p. 23). Composed of youth and Black activists, the Movement ignited the Civil Rights Movement as unions and activists groups called out for a humane and democratic society. Women's Liberation came into the picture when women activists who were members of the Movement found that sexism in American culture was left uncritically. Naomi Weisstein, for instance, and the rest of early women liberation advocates felt that they were empowered by the Movement to work for its cause but not enabled enough to question the subordination that works within it. Weisstein and other women were part of running the day-to-day activities of the Movement, but these works were limited to the point that they were not part of the decision-making