panarchy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The individual's right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from…

   The individual's right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from their current locale.

   • 1860 article by “Panarchy” de Puydt
2. 2

   Dynamic symmetry across multiple scales.

   • In panarchies, transformational change can be generated from below or from above.
3. 3

   An inclusive, multilateral system in which all parties may participate meaningfully.

   • The overlapping governance networks of panarchy have facilitated a context conducive to the above competing multilateralisms.
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   1. 4

      Rule by all

      Rule by all; a system of governance in which each person has absolute power.

      • If everyone all at once wanted to know who won the Stanley Cup in 1968 they could have the information simultaneously; cyberspace as the site of Unamuno's panarchy, where each one is king.
   2. 5

      Rule of all

      Rule of all; absolute or total rule.

      • These contentions give rise to systems of political philosophy which range all the way from anarchy to panarchy; from the doctrine that government should do nothing to the doctrine that it should do everything.
   3. 6

      An all-encompassing realm.

      • Some held that God, and all the heavenly powers, / As with the starry panarchy of space, / Were of one essence, like divine and high;

The neighborhood

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