The New State, Group Organization the Solution, of Popular Government (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Follett, M. P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330854608 ISBN 13 : 9781330854600

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How group life can reshape democracy and empower everyday citizens to influence real change.

This book explains why sovereignty comes from the people and how diverse groups can work together to guide the state. It argues that direct government alone isn’t enough without organized, nonpartisan effort and shared purposes.

The author advocates for a practical path to stronger democracy through group organization, education, and participatory institutions. It emphasizes that democracy requires citizens who can think, discuss, and act together, not just cast ballots. The text outlines concepts like school centers, adult education, and the forum movement as ways to train and involve people in public life.

• Understand why sovereignty is a shared, evolving will rather than a fixed power.
• See why direct government must pair voting with group activity and civic education.
• Learn how school centers and adult education can cultivate informed, active citizens.
• Explore how nonpartisan groups can organize knowledge and common aims to improve governance.

Ideal for readers of political theory and practitioners seeking practical methods to strengthen democracy through education, community life, and citizen-led reform.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The New State, Group Organization the Solution, of Popular Government

In Cincinnati, where the name used for the group is social unit, this is defined as being a group of people living in the same neighbourhood, and organised to give and receive community service. The plan of work goes on to state that the same principle of group organisation will be applied to the social work, the nursing, the statistical work, etc., as well as to the gradual building up of an advisory council composed of men and women from other occupational groups in the community. For example, in social work, formulation of plans and directions of policies will rest in city committees of social experts, elected by theirjellow-merpbers and united through their heads in a social council, of which the Superin tendent of Public Welfare will be a member. In summary the unit plan aims at three things: to organise the people of a limited district democratically, so that they can get a clear idea of what their common needs are, and what they think ought to be done about them; to organise democratically the specialists of the neighbourhood and of the city so that the highest skill and experience can be applied to meeting the needs disclosed, and to bind the people and the technically skilled groups together in such a way that the people can tell the specialists what they want done, and the specialists can point out how to do it, submitting plans, programmes, and policies to the people for their approval. To put it another way, the plan is an attempt to bring efficiency to democracy.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330854608
• ISBN 13: 9781330854600
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 406
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