The origins of collective decision making /

The origins of collective decision making / / by Andy Blunden.

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In The Origins of Collective Decision Making , Andy Blunden identifies three paradigms of collective decision making – Counsel, Majority and Consensus, discovers their origins in traditional, medieval and modern times, and traces their evolution over centuries up to the present. The study reveals th...

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Blunden, Andy.
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in Critical Social Sciences 84.
Physical Description:1 online resource (269 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Collective Decision Making
  • Realist Historical Investigation
  • The British Trade Unions in 1824
  • Anglo-Saxon England
  • The Guilds
  • The Methodist Church
  • London Corresponding Society
  • The Chartists
  • The Communist Secret Societies
  • The General Workers Unions
  • The End of Uncritical Majoritarianism
  • English Revolution and the Quakers
  • The Quakers in Twentieth Century Pennsylvania
  • New England Town Meetings
  • The Peace and Civil Rights Movements
  • Myles Horton and the Highlander
  • The African and Slave Roots of the Black Baptist Churches
  • Eleanor Garst and Women Strike for Peace
  • The Quakers and Movement for a New Society
  • Anarchism and Decision Making
  • The Negation of Social Movements
  • The Negation of Negation – The Rise of Alliance Politics
  • Alliance Politics
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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