Bøger af John Gastil

The second edition of Democracy in Small Groups helps you choose the democratic method appropriate to the most important groups in your life. Reading this book will help you translate abstract theories into workable principles for democratic decision making. You will learn how to overcome the most common obstacles to effective meetings. You will also see how democratic principles can improve your daily life, as well as your larger political institutions. Whether organizing a yard sale for the PTA, a political campaign, or a project team at work, this book can help you and your group make and implement better decisions while building member morale and leadership skills.

A roleplaying group expels a member who seeks revenge through a cynical game of his own making.

This text studies conventional assumptions about public opinion, elections, and political expression in an aim to show how representative democracy in the USA could be revitalized. The author draws on research with juries and deliberative polling to give ways of improving the current process.