Participatory Democracy and Civil Society

Abstract

Participatory democracy was democracy development which empowered citizenship authority for the people determine to create and implement policy by their own method. Due to the representative democracy that delegates were selected from the people could not did the function to create policy for resolve problem, nor did meet difference and diversified need of the people in each area. Participatory democracy in civil society process, tracing from the concept regarding to counterbalance between state and society in public issue that was suitable for the small community which had both of society appearance and living equally. People want to participate in public activities by their own method. Participation’s level in civil society process reflected to the both of power and influence from the people to create and implement policy.