5.3.1.5. Political voice

Last modified by Hyunji Cho on 2022/02/04 10:11

Social challenge/ impact linked to:	Social
Level of importance	2 - Medium Importance / good to have
Description	Based upon government submissions to the Rio+20 process, Voice was proposed as a domain in the original Doughnut model. This was focused upon measuring freedom of political expression and participation. Citizenship and Community were suggested as alternatives during the Oxfam workshop in November 2012, alongside the inclusion of Governance. We propose here to draw out a common element of all these domains that seeks to assess the impact that citizens can have on their political systems and the decisions made within them. For the sake of consistent terminology, we have labelled this domain Governance.
Scale as linked to D2.2 framework	City
Data source and input type	Official survey (The British Social Attitudes Survey ) Election data
Connection with SDGs	Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
Required Data	Personal political efficacy Voter turnout
Expected Outputs	% of voter turn out % of the population who responded negatively in surveys (e.g. 'people like me have no say in what government does')
Calculation methods	% of voter turn out compared overall population
Level of expertise required	low
Links and references	https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/the-uk-doughnut-a-framework-for-environmental-sustainability-and-social-justice-344550/ https://doughnuteconomics.org/stories/1

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