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This handbook on group decision-making for those wanting to operate in a consensus fashion stresses the advantages of informal, common sense approaches to working together. It describes how any group can put these approaches into practice, and relates numerous examples of situations in which such approaches have been applied.
The Role of Facilitators, Mediators, and other Consensus Building Practitioners
The Role of Facilitators, Mediators, and other Consensus Building Practitioners
Conflicts grow out of diverse values, perceptions, and interests that exist within a community or organization. Examples abound. In Chelsea, Massachusetts, a long-submerged conflict over corrupt local politics erupted when the city government was put into receivership. In Atlanta, Georgia, historic preservationists repeatedly battled developers, disrupting redevelopment but failing to preserve historic properties. On the Haida Gwaii islands in British Columbia, a native people struggled with the provincial government over the future of their community. And in Hartford, Connecticut, affordable housing advocates clashed with local communities over the distribution and availability of lower-cost housing throughout the region.
In each of these communities, existing institutions were ...
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