It is an attempt at permanent social revolution, as is reflected in every facet of the social structure. The notion of regime involves institutionalization, i. Chief components of any strategy are shaping the legal enabling environment, strengthening constituencies for reform, removing barriers to access, training, and supporting capitalization of media. Faulenbach the concept of democratic consolidation. The democratic leadership style is a very open and collegial style of running a team. So maybe what you want to compare is libertarian municipalism and democratic confederalism. At the same time, democratic confederalism is the organisation of democracy and culture. The main difference shes noted is that the emphasis that libertarian municipalism places on minimizing.
Democratic confederalism the kurdish movement in turkey supervisor ch. The democratic confederalism of kurdistan is not a state system, he wrote. Ideas move freely amongst the group and are discussed openly. Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy. In bakur, the region of kurdistan within turkeys borders, people have been trying to put these ideas into practice for over a decade. An implementation of the recent ideology of the imprisoned kurdish leader abdullah ocalan, it boasts gender quotas of 40 percent, bottomup democratic structures, deepreaching ecological policies and a militancy which is keeping isis from the gates. Franz boas as public intellectualtheory, ethnography, activism yves laberge 2215.
The continued decline in democratic governance around the world. The democratic party is one of the two major political parties in the united states, and the nations oldest existing political party. Democracy and conflict management beyond intractability. No single definition or approach encompasses economic democracy, but most proponents claim that modern property relations. Apr 28, 2009 confederalism, in fact, does not mark a closure of social history as the end of history ideologists of recent years would have us believe about liberal capitalism but rather the point of departure for a new ecosocial history marked by a participatory evolution within society and between society and the natural world. Yet, there is no common understanding of consolidation. The pyd was founded in 2003 after the pkk withdrew from syria in the late 1990s. Declaration of democratic confederalism in kurdistan. Democratic confederalism democratic nation war and peace.
Democratic confederalism is a nonstate social paradigm. The protocols and norms used to accomplish this involve a commitment to representative and participatory democracy. The kurdistan regional government in iraq is already basically its own nation, following typical western parliamentary structures. Economic democracy is a socioeconomic philosophy that proposes to shift decisionmaking power from corporate managers and corporate shareholders to a larger group of public stakeholders that includes workers, customers, suppliers, neighbours and the broader public. At the turn of the century, as the lifelong us radical murray bookchin gave up on trying to revitalize the contemporary anarchist movement under his philosophy of social ecology, pkk founder and leader abdullah ocalan was arrested in kenya by turkish authorities and sentenced to death for treason. Democratic confederalism isnt popular among the kurds in iraq and iran who are much more conservative and capitalistoriented. From an ecological perspective within democratic confederalism the terms ecological industry and communal life is of higher relevance. Although the term appears at least as early as 1887, it was popularized by samuel p.
But organizations that are part of or close to the kck, and intellectuals and small groups, promote democratic confederalism as well as the democratic autonomy project of the dtk. Abdullah ocalan is the founder of the kurdistan workers party pkk. The right of selfdetermination of the peo ples includes the. The democratic party underwent a dramatic ideological change over its history, transforming from a proslavery party during the 19th century to. The theory seemed particularly applicable to syria, where the kurdishmajority areas are not territorially contiguous. Rousseau democratic political processes regulate competition among groups with con. Democratic confederalism is based on grassroots participation. The democratic national committee dnc consists of about 400 party leaders representing all u. Democratic confederalism is ocalans political programsystem that was largely inspired by bookchin.
The leadership style involved appraisal of both the leader and the subordinates, with strong feedback structures available. Feb 20, 2018 confederalism, democratic confederalism and rojava by zaher baher feb 2018 many religions and ideologies from left to the right have tried to tackle class issues and other societal problems, but none of them has been able to resolve these problems, rather most of them have made the situation even worse. Democratic party, one of the two major political parties, alongside the republican party, in the united states. Full text of revolution in rojava democratic autonomy. Democratic confederalism in ocalans thoughts and the way in which it is being approached in the region is the administrative blueprint for what he calls democratic nation. The philosophy of democratic confederalism may well offer insights into the solution of many of the problems currently dogging western democracies and indeed, into the pressing problem of political governance of the globalised economy. Degradation in the quality, functioning, and experience of democracy and democratic rights negatively affects international development goals, in all sectors. What is the difference between democratic confederalism. What sort of compomises does democratic confederalism have in mind.
The leader and the subordinates shared an equal voice and these groups didnt showcase hierarchy. They provide links to information about what democratic confederalism is for which purpose there is a page, but they do not necessarily attribute source material that speak to whether the actual form of government is, in fact, one of democratic confederalism. It is a variety of popular democracy and confederalism. The thirtyfive hundred activists arrested since 2009 have all been members of the kck which is an illegal organization. Theories of democratic change united states agency for. Democratic nation itself is the building block of what perceives to be ocalan democratic civilization as opposed to capitalist civilization. Does the democratic confederalism model that the kurdish movement claims to be implementing in. Yet the power of the democratic idea has prevailed through a long and turbulent history, and democratic government. Huntington, a political scientist at harvard university in his article published in the journal of democracy and further expounded in his 1991 book the third wave.
Its first communal level are the peace and consensus committees. Overview of the kurdish movement in turkey and syria the kurds are the worlds largest stateless nation, and turkey is the state that has the largest kurdish population within its borders 14. Democratic leadership style is mostly common with hr personnel and professionals preferring a participative management style. Then you have the tevdem the democratic society movement, driven bottom up directly democratic institutions. He describes it as open towards other political groups and factions and as flexible, multicultural, antimonopolistic, and consensusoriented. Democracy may be a word familiar to most, but it is a concept still misunderstood and misused at a time when dictators, singleparty regimes, and military coup leaders alike assert popular support by claiming the mantle of democracy.
You never change something by fighting the existing reality. Its chairman is typically named by the partys presidential nominee and then formally elected by the committee. The dnc has little power, because it lacks direct authority over party. The new justice systems in rojava reflects the revolutionary concept of democratic confederalism. Economic democracy wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Its important to remember that, strictly speaking, democratic confederalism isnt an economic system within itself, its a framework for how to selfadminister a community. In political science, the waves of democracy are major surges of democracy which have occurred in history. Transitions to democracy and democratic consolidation.
The theory of democratic confederalism follows also the line to occupy existing crucial definitions like nation or modernity and to give them also a positive content in a certain framework. The democratic society congress dtk, set up in in 2007, acts as an umbrella organisation, and aims to establish democratic confederalism in bakur. In its concluding section, the pamphlet makes clear that democratic confederalism is not at war with any nationstate dc p. Grassroots democracy and local government in northern. The kurdish freedom movement and the political theory of democratic confederalism when ocalan met bookchin.
In august of 1920, tennessee became the 36th state to ratify womens suffrage, and it became our nations 19th amendment. Everyone is given a seat at the table, and discussion is relatively freeflowing. In this film, i wanted to describe briefly the idea of the democratic confederalism. Andreas schedler during the past quartercentury, the third wave of global democratization has brought more than 60 countries around the world from authoritarian rule toward some kind of democratic regime.
When ocalan first proposed the concept of democratic confederalism it was in the context of strong nationstates. Best practices are detailed for each of these issues. How would economy work under democratic confederalism. It is the democratic system of a people without a state. Jun 10, 2017 in this film, i wanted to describe briefly the idea of the democratic confederalism. Existing definitions of dcmwrstic lcadcrship are inconsistent and inadequate, so this essay provides s clear delinilion that applies lo social groups both large and small. Another key concept together with the other three that we explain in the following lines. But it is necessary to put an end to such nonsense and explain the real background to the pkks ideological shift. Basically, guides for how people could follow their example in the west.
Constitution was amended to grant women the right to vote. Grassroots democracy and local government in northern syria. Women have been central to the revolution in rojava, leading to widespread interest in the kurdish womens movement across western contexts. Democratic confederalism world of empires wiki fandom. With his 2005 declaration of democratic confederalism in kurdistan, ocalan advocated for a kurdish implementation of bookchins the ecology of freedom via municipal assemblies as a democratic confederation of kurdish communities beyond the state borders of syria, iran, iraq, and turkey. What is the difference between democratic confederalism and. The kurdishled project of democratic confederalism in rojava north and northeast syria has emerged as an unprecedented experience in ecofeminist and anticapitalist direct democracy with.
Nov 23, 2017 democratic confederalism is the contrasting paradigm of the oppressed people. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model. Democratic confederalism is a political ideology developed by shakil fahim abdullah and is the main political belief of the democratic union party kafuristan. The right of selfdetermination of the people in cludes. Overcoming the nationstate is seen as a longterm goal. Democratic confederalism is popular in turkish and syrian kurdistan. Democratic confederalism and the palestinian experience. If a majority be united by common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure without protections in place to. Sharzad mojab graduand andrea novellis matriculation number 855516 academic year 2015 2016. When one regards democratization sequentially consolidation follows or partly overlaps with transition.
The meaning of confederalism the anarchist library. By this we are not referring to a classical confederal structure consisting of states, but the confederal unity of societal. The main difference shes noted is that the emphasis that libertarian municipalism places on minimizing the importance of hierarchical systems has been replaced in democratic confederalism by an emphasis on destroying patriarchy. Apr 25, 2016 democratic confederalism in practice in bakur. With that in mind, my answer will give the outline of the economic situat. He said that democratic confederalism is an alternative to this and that it should inspire resistance in the capitalist core as well as the middle east, where it provides a roadmap for peace and a genuine selfdetermination that extends beyond the traditional nation state.
Other factions of the same democraticrepublican party formed the whig party and the modern republican party. Jasoonline journal of the anthropological society in. Democratic confederalism, also known as democratic federalism or apoism, is a libertarian socialist political system developed by abdullah ocalan based on the ideas of murray bookchin. The democratic style, also referred to as participative leadership, involved the subordinates in the decisionmaking. The main principles of democratic confederalism komun. Get an answer for please elaborate on federalism vs confederalism. Kurdish freedom movement and the political theory of democratic confederalism, geopolitics, doi. The democratic merger when two friends decided to merge their companies, they did so in a democratic manner with heavy input from their respective. Regime, of course, is a broader concept than government and refers to the rules formal or not that govern the interactions of the major actors in the political system. Theres the democratic selfadministration, which has all the form and trappings of a state parliament, ministries, and so on but it was created to be carefully separated from the means of coercive power. They resolve cases on the basis of consensus and their structure is dual, with general committees responsible for conflicts and crimes and womens commissions for cases of. How they started the communes, who they talked to, how they set up rules for coops, etc. A definition and illustration of democratic leadership. Democratic confederalism to them means democratic, ecological, genderliberated society or democracy without the state.
Democratic confederalism aims to overthrow male domination, because it rejects all forms of domination and demands communal life. Pkk, democratic confederalism, and nonsense juraj katalenac. However, the definition of democratic leadership is unclear gastil, 1994. From 1984, under his leadership, the pkk fought for kurdish liberation. Not only does federalism constrain government, but it can protect the governed from the governors and one part of society against the injustice of the other part madison in foner, 4. The democratic merger, strategic partnerships article. At the same time, democratic confederalism is the cultural organizational blueprint of a democratic nation. Kurdistan democratic confederalists anarchy in action. Democracy is promising because the principles, institutions, and rules associated with democratic practice seek to manage inevitable social. The people of rojava call their new system democratic confederalism. A definition and illustration of democratic leadership john gastill2 renewed calls for demaracy make it imperative that we understand the nature of democratic lcadcrship. Toggle navigation international initiative edition. Sisk august 2003 of the range of tools available to conflict resolution practitioners to manage intractable conflicts, none of them is arguably more durable over the long term yet risky than the creation and nurturing of democracy. The ideology was first created and preached by shakil fahim abdullah who founded the democratic union party and serves as the president of the executive council.
In abdullah ocalans political thought democratic confederalism is the organizationaladministrative blueprint of democratic nation, which is the antithesis of the nation state. Democratic confederalism is the contrasting paradigm of the oppressed people. Democratic confederalism stateless democracy explained. That is why the first step to start the path towards democratic modernity is the democratic autonomy. It allowed for local organization without necessarily challenging the states structure. Yet western mass media representations of women combatants tend to be objectifying and superficial.
The difference between democratic confederalism and previous experiments with grassroots democracy is that its evolutionary pattern aims to include heterogeneous local communities living in the. Although much of the competition occurs peacefully within existing political institutions, democratic practices can also facilitate the resolution of. Confederalism, democratic confederalism and rojava by zaher baher feb 2018 many religions and ideologies from left to the right have tried to tackle class issues and other societal problems, but none of them has been able to resolve these problems, rather most of them have made the situation even worse. I wanted to show that it works in rojava northern syria and that iranian kurds desire democratic. As such, democratic confederalism is a womens system. Under the leadership of democratic president woodrow wilson, the u. The similarities between the system of democratic confederalism that is being developed in western kurdistan and the autonomy being constructed in chiapas go far beyond the few points i have stressed in this article.
The new concept concentrated on defending and strengthening local societies. The democratic party was created in the early 1790s by former members of the democraticrepublican party founded by influential antifederalists including thomas jefferson and james madison. Democratic confederalism is a form of selfmanagement and thus stands in contrast to the model of the state. Id be very interested in any sources that deal with the practical reality of organizing the revolution in rojava and bakur. Democratic backsliding is a challenge usaid faces worldwide, in many contexts.