Polity Atlas

How each model solves the same problems

Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.

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How are decisions made?Workers or citizens vote on firm leadership, sit on boards or govern funds that own capital.A stratified random sample of 523 voters deliberated in moderated groups and plenaries and answered questionnaires before and after; no decisions were taken.Sortition / citizens' assemblyUnknown
How are conflicts resolved?UnknownBalanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement.Unknown
How are public goods funded?Shared ownership spreads returns on capital; co-operatives can anchor employment locally.Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study.Unknown
How is AI used?UnknownNo AI role.Unknown
What are the main risks?Capital constraints, degeneration into conventional firms, insider bias and political backlash.Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake.Unknown

This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.