Delegative democracy. Delegative democracy is a form of democratic control whereby voting power is vested in delegates, rather than representatives.
This term is a generic description of either already existing or proposed popular control apparatuses. The delegative form[edit] 20 Qualities of Effective Cooperative Leaders. While offering a workshop on Power & Leadership in cooperative groups over the weekend, I was urging participants to take home the idea of making time to explicitly define what qualities constitute healthy models of leadership—so that members will know when they're operating in ways that people will support, rather than criticize.
When someone in the audience asked me to delineate the characteristics of a healthy leader, I balked, suggesting that groups already know the answers to this—if they just stopped and took the time to think about it—and that it would probably go better if each group generated their own list rather than relied on my suggestions (as the buy-in would be better).
While I still like my answer, I've changed my mind about sharing my thoughts. Thus, here's my offering of 20 desirable qualities in a cooperative leader (while you may not find all of them in a single individual, you're probably hoping to find most of them): Clay Shirky: How the Internet will (one day) transform government.
Decision Making.