ABSTRACT
What sort of society do we want to live in, what sort of politics do we want, and what sort of governments? This chapter brings together the practice, theory and innovations in the book to create a set of principles for systemic governing. Their purpose is to allocate power, set the rules for exercising that power and institutionalise the accountabilities for its exercise. The biosphere would be incorporated as the central partner in governance systems. All political power resides in the people. Through their constitution, the people delegate one portion of that power to a government, controls on government and other governance institutions. These controls would include a fourth separation of powers through a Resulture, to provide timely, independent and public feedback on all acts of government, with the means to ensure corrective action; statutory duties for the behaviour at work of politicians and officials, particularly the duty of ‘straight speak’; and a recognition that most ‘decisions’ by government are political experiments. Rules for companies would include end-to-end producer responsibility and a duty to inform. The principles of human rights, the rule of law, and democracy would continue.
