Consensus decision-making
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Consensus decision-making is a group decision-making process in which participants work together to develop proposals for actions that achieve a broad acceptance. Consensus is reached when everyone in
A general assembly at Occupy Wall Street (2011) where people aimed to establish consensus
Members of the Shimer College Assembly reaching a consensus through deliberation
Deliberative democracy
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Deliberative democracy or discursive democracy is a form of democracy in which deliberation is central to decision-making. It often shows characteristics of both consensus decision-making and majority
Consensus decision-making
…unanimity" that does not hold up as a group comes under real-world pressure (when dissent reappears). Cory Doctorow, Ralph Nader and other proponents of deliberative democracy or judicial-like methods view explicit dissent as a symbol of strength. In his book about Wikipedia, Joseph Reagle considers the merits and challenges…
Call for the establishment of deliberative democracy seen at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear