Consensus decision making, Northern Ireland, and indigenous movements

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Coy, Patrick G.
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam ; Boston : JAI, 2003.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed.
• Σειρά: Research in social movements, conflicts, and change ; v. 24.
• Θέματα: Social movements.; Group decision making.; Conflict management.; Indians of North America > Social conditions.; Political structures & processes.; Demonstrations & protest movements.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Political Science > Political Process > General.; Northern Ireland > Social conditions.

Decision making is the oil that greases the wheel of social movement organizing. Done poorly, it derails organizations and coalitions; done well, it advances the movement and may model those changes movements seek to effect in society. Despite its importance, movement decision making has been little...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction / Patrick G. Coy
• Part I: Conflicts and consensus decision making in social movements
• Claims-making and consensus in collective group processes / Lynne M. Woehrle
• Critiquing consensus : an analysis of processes designed for non-governmental collaboration / Anna Snyder
• Communal interest and political decision making in an emerging Mexican indigenous movement / Martin Hébert
• Negotiating identity and danger under the gun : consensus decision making on Peace Brigades international teams / Patrick G. Coy
• Communicative rationality and decision making in environmental organizations / Andrew Whitworth
• The new site of activism : on-line organizations, movement entrepreneurs, and the changing location of social movement decision making / Jennifer Earl and Alan Schussman
• Leadership effectiveness and interorganizational solidarity formation / Doowon Suh
• Consensus in context : a guide for social movements / Jane Mansbridge
• Part II: The troubles and conflict resolution in Northern Ireland
• Resolving community relations problems in Northern Ireland : an intra-community approach / Joanne Hughes
• The silent construction of class, religion and conflict through organizational procedures and civic practices : a case study of the Northern Ireland Women's Festival Day Project / Shaunna L. Scott
• Parading persuasion : nonviolent collective action as discourse in Northern Ireland / Lee A. Smithey and Lester R. Kurtz
• Part III: Identity and conflict resolution in Native American communities
• "Remember Kinzua!" Developing a history and conflict resolution curriculum / Bianca Wulff and Brian Blancke
• Nurturers and keepers of culture : the influence of Native American women on the development of collective action frames / Timothy B. Gongaware.