Reader workshop Task democracy

A four page introduction to the task democracy model, written for the SDG Netherlands foundation
Year
2026
Version
260603
Maintainer
Peter Bootsma

Task democracy is a—for now, theoretical—model for society-wide coordination of sustainability transitions. The model is designed for use alongside liberal democracy, as an upgrade to societal agreements, and as a blueprint for entities such as transition chambers, product councils, and neighborhood councils. The intended outcome is acceleration of transitions and mitigation of crises through cyclical initiation of society-wide transition projects.

The reader is a four page introduction to task democracy. Sections:

  • Poly-crisis and political perspectives (Eisenhower matrix)
  • Societal agreements and their limitations
  • Theory of change: task democracy
  • Structure, process, integration
  • Implementation
  • Large scale applications and transition accelerators
  • Intended impact
  • Costs, risks and measures
  • Alternatives and discussion
  • Conclusion

The translation is to be completed