8 de out. de 2012

The Caspar Consensus

Boundaries of Order (Butler Shaffer)
- Highlight Loc. 368-72  | Added on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 01:13 AM

One of the more interesting phenomena is the practice, in some communities and other groups, of reaching common objectives through consensus (i.e., where everyone must agree with a proposal before it is undertaken). Caspar, California, an unincorporated town of some two thousand people occupying twelve square miles of territory, is one such community in which decisions are made through a process of “deliberating until we can find a way that satisfies all.”