Three very different design paths

XVI.3 May + June 2009
Page: 46
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UNDER DEVELOPMENTReconstructing Australian Aboriginal governance by systems design


Authors:
Peter Radoll

The way in which Western European societies organize themselves reflects other aspects of their world. The governance structure of a community is one example. The small rural community where I reside in Australia has a population of 1,200, but the shire itself has approximately 11,000 residents. Recently, we voted for our local government representatives, who then voted in a mayor of the shire. Federal elections are conducted in the same manner: We vote for federal representatives, and the governing political party votes for a leader, the prime minister, to govern Australia. This is all very neatly ordered and assumes…




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