“Their (Alliance) mission statement acknowledges Lefebvre as an influence as well as the tradition of human rights. They emphasize the importance of community members mobilizing and taking direct control of their own neighborhoods (e.g., through food cooperatives or community gardens), but they also work for more inclusion in the state apparatus, through policy initiatives (e.g., participatory budgeting) and voter registration efforts.” (144)

The citizens are regulating their own communities forming their own democracy because they are choosing how the government should be ran. However, they are also involved with government affairs such as budgeting and efforts for voter registration.