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The Tao of Democracy presents an increasingly relevant and compelling vision of wiser public policy and vibrant democratic culture. Written by lifelong activist Tom Atlee, The Tao of Democracy is rooted in a simple, yet revolutionary proposition that opens doors to positive democratic Given a supportive structure and resources, diverse ordinary people can work together to achieve common ground. Tom Atlee takes readers through numerous examples of how this proposition has been tested and proven hundreds of times around the world in diverse and innovative forms of public conversation. In Oregon, a nonprofit involved thousands of ordinary citizens in in-depth conversations about how to best use limited health care funds; the result was a mandate by the state legislature to use such community meetings to guide state health care decisions.In Toronto, Canada, a group of a dozen people widely divergent political views created, over the course of one weekend, a consensus vision for improving the nation as a whole—a feat that parliamentary committees, focus groups, and millions of dollars in funds had been unable to achieve.In Andhra Pradesh, India, twenty farmers participated in a prajateerpu or citizens’ jury, listening to testimony and cross-examining experts (including international government officials) in order to present the World Bank with practical proposals for managing the state’s agriculture systems. Ideal for community organizers, nonprofit workers, policymakers, and elected officials, The Tao of Democracy illuminates new forms of collective citizenship that can help us achieve creative consensus without compromise, addressing the diversity and complexity of our society while preserving and utilizing our precious individuality. “Tom Atlee paints a vision not of some distant, ideal democracy but of here-and-now practices showing us what’s possible in our immediate future. An important gift for our small, challenged planet!”—Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet and EcoMind TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Section An Overview of Co-Intelligence 1. What Is Co-Intelligence?2. Tales and Commentaries3. Wholeness, Interconnectedness, and Co-Creativity4. Resonant Intelligence Section Making a Whole Difference Together 5. Reaching Beyond Adversarial Activism6. Collective Intelligence7. Ways to Have Real Dialogue8. Other Approaches to Co-Intelligence9. The List Goes On… Section Creating a Wise Democracy 10. Democracy and Wholeness11. Cooperative and Holistic Politics12. The Canadian Experiment13. Citizens Deliberate about Public Issues14. Citizen Deliberative Councils Section Citizenship toward a Wiser Civilization 15. Citizenship Meets Complexxity16. More Approaches to Deliberative Democracy17. The Emerging Culture of Dialogue18. Manipluation or Magic?19. Co-Intelligent Citizenship and Activism20. The Tao of Democracy EpilogueWhat You Can DoBibliographyIndex
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