Dear friends, and Vasilis in particular, see http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Peergovernance#For_Historical_Inspirationa... in particular the historical experiences in democracy it leads to: 1. Athenian Democracy <http://p2pfoundation.net/Athenian_Democracy> ; Foundations of Athenian Democracy<http://p2pfoundation.net/Foundations_of_Athenian_Democracy> 2. Iroquois Confederacy <http://p2pfoundation.net/Iroquois_Confederacy> 3. European Medieval Democracy<http://p2pfoundation.net/European_Medieval_Democracy> 4. Viking Democracy <http://p2pfoundation.net/Viking_Democracy> 5. Pirate Governance <http://p2pfoundation.net/Pirate_Governance> 6. Paris Commune<http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Peergovernance?title=Paris_Commune&action=edit&redlink=1> I would really love to make this a collective research and study project for the P2P Foundation .. This would involve making a bibliography, finding where the material can be found online, and then organizing some process to read and discuss together, eventually with the aim of publishing a book. We could take one year to brush up on the history; another year to study actual peergovernance and contemporary proposals (6 months each); I feel that finding a renewal of democracy is really one of the crucial issues of our time. However, I'd like someone to take the lead on this .. Vasilis, I was particularly thinking about you ... Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens