How each model solves the same problems
Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.
| Question | + Model | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| How are decisions made? | A directly elected President and Executive Council; a House of Representatives with constituency seats plus reserved seats for women and former combatants; community governments including chiefs. | 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' assembly | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Joint consultation between the ABG and the national government under the Peace Agreement; customary reconciliation at community level; outside moderation on the referendum outcome. | Balanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement. | |
| How are public goods funded? | Health, education and roads delivered with limited capacity, funded mainly by national grants; mining revenue is hoped for but contested. | Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study. | |
| How is AI used? | No specific role for AI in the autonomy arrangement. | No AI role. | |
| What are the main risks? | Frustration over delayed ratification; fiscal dependence; conflict over reopening the Panguna mine; residual armed groups. | Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake. |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.