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Consensus Decision Making
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results32 Connexions Library4 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library Connexions LibraryBeyond the Abdication of Power Becker, Norma Book 1978 Presents an argument against the views expressed by Kokopeli and Lakey in Leadership For Change. Raises thought provoking issues it raises and demonstrates situations and assumptions under which conse... Blocking Progress: Consensus Decision Making In The Anti-Nuclear Movement  Ryan, Howard Article 1983 Howard Ryan maintains that consensus is wrong in principle and in practice: "The problem is not so much that individuals are being irresponsible or somehow abusing the consensus process. The problem l... Building United Judgement: A handbook for consensus decision making Avery, Michel; Auvine, Brian; Streibel, Barbara; Weiss, Lonnie Book 1981 Describes the techniques and skills which groups can apply to make the principles of consensus work effectively. A Chill Descends On Occupy Wall Street: The Tangled Purse Strings Tucker, Fritz Article 2011 Undemocratic movements are vulnerable to being taken over by a vocal minority or a chraismatic individual. The collective decides... Landry, Charles; Morley, David; Southwood, Russell; Wright, Patrick Article 1991 The obsession with 'process politics' leads to an obsession with all aspects of internal structure and its working. As a result, the collective can often lose sight of its larger political objectives ... Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 1 - Fall 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Library: Organizing Focus Page Website Selected articles from the Connexions Online Library. Consensus decision-making: Connexipedia Article Article 2010 Article about the group decision making process known as consensus decision-making. Consensus Decision Making: An Analysis of the Literature Hopkins, Robert Book 1977 Includes a look at historical interest in consensus, an overview of research with critiques, and recommendations for future research. Brings together most of the current empirical findings in research... Critique of Nonviolent Politics: From Mahatma Gandhi to the Anti-Nuclear Movement Ryan, Howard Book 1984 Ryan accepts that sometimes nonviolence can be effective, but says that sometimes it is not: "a principled insistence on nonviolence can in some circumstances be dangerous to progressive social moveme... Home!: A Bioregional Reader Andruss, Van, Plant, Christopher, Plant, Judith, Wright, Eleanor Book 1990 A guide to the vision and strategy of bioregionalism. It Ain't the Meeting Its The Motion Devon, Alexandra Article A guide to conducting productive and inclusive meetings in the context of social change. A Manual for Group Facilitators: The Center for Conflict Resolution Auvine, Brian; Densmore, Betsy; Extrom, Mary; Poole, Scott; Shanklin, Michel Book 1977 The values, assumptions and techniques of group facilitation. Especially useful to people planning workshops. Includes sections on communication, conflict, problem solving, what can go wrong and what ... On Organization Wetzel, Tom Article Discusses the democratic organizational forms appropriate to libertarian socialist organizations.
One Vote for Democracy: Consensus vs. democracy Diemer, Ulli Article 1986 Makes the case that the democratic model is better than the consensus model for activist group decision-making. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 3, 2015: Greece and thd debt crisis Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Our spotlight this issue is on the debt crisis facing Greece. To understand the crisis, one has to look beyond the mainstream media to alternative sources of information. We've done that, with article... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 10, 2016: Back to School Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Education - about the world, and about social change in particular - is a key element in the work that Connexions does. In this issue of Other Voices, we explore a few aspects of the ways in which edu... Radical Digressions Diemer, Ulli Website 2006 Ulli Diemer's website/blog featuring comment from a radical left-libertarian Marxist perspective.
Resource Manual for A Living Revolution: A Handbook of Skills & Tools for Social Change Activists Coover, Virginia, Deacon, Ellen, Esser, Charles, Moore, Christopher Book 1977 A manual for people who are concerned or angered by the deterioration of our society and who, because they have some sense that their efforts can have an effect on change, are looking for tools to tra... Social Anarchism, Individualist Anarchism, the State and Leninism: A Reply to the International Socialist Organization Wetzel, Tom Article 2009 I take it that social or Left-anarchism and libertarian socialism are the same thing. Both stand opposed to Leninism, and both stand opposed to individualist anarchism. The Socialist Register 1968: Volume 5: A Survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1968 The Theology of Consensus Kauffman, L.A. Article 2015 Consensus decision-making has dominated social movements for forty years. Let’s try something different. Outside of small-group settings, consensus process is unwieldy, off-putting, tiresome, and inef... Traite du Savoir-Vivre for the Occupy Wall Street Generations Giordano, Al Article 2011 Once upon a time, twenty thousand people descended on Wall Street, the capitol of capital, occupied it nonviolently, and won exactly what they demanded. This is not a fairy tale. It really happened. T... Transforming Power: From the Personal to the Political Rebick, Judy Book 2009 Rebick champions new ways of achieving political goals by emphasizing co-operation and consensus over confrontation and partisanship. The Tyranny of Structurelessness Freeman, Jo Article 1970 Contrary to what we would like to believe, there is no such thing as a "structureless" group. Any group of people of whatever nature that comes together for any length of time for any purpose will ine... A View of the Occupy Wall Street Movement from the Inside: A Participant's Critique of the Occupation of Wall Street Tucker, Fritz Article 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement was supposed to be a revolt against a hierarchal, dehumanizing oligopoly. In reality, all that was created was a microcosm of the same system, but with new leaders. Lik... Wall Street occupation ignites mass movement Bihn, Pham Article 2011 The simple, horizontal structure originally created around a GA using modified consensus has become a barrier to practical and political work by the occupiers and those involved through working groups... What is Consensus? Article 1984 Consensus evolved from the meeting process of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is a non-violent way for people to relate to each other as and in a group. Successful use of a consensus pr... Why Consensus Decision-making Won't Work for Grassroots Unionism Wetzel, Tom Article 2009 Wetzel contrasts consensus decision-making with democratic decision-making to explain why the latter is more suited to activist groups. Wobblies & Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical Theory Lynd, Staughton; Grubacic, Andrej Book 2008 Wobblies and Zapatistas offers readers an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic meet in dialogue in an effort to bring together the anarchist and Mar... Working Collectively Women's Self-Help Network for Change Book 1984 A handbook for people wishing to form collectives, or established collectives seeking solutions to problems such as power imbalances, conflict meditation, and setting priorities. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
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