Consensus Decision-Making (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Consensus decision-making is a group decision making process that not only seeks the agreement of most participants, but also the resolution or mitigation of minority objections. Consensus is usually defined as meaning both general agreement and the process of getting to such agreement. Consensus decision making is thus concerned primarily with that process. While not as common as other decision-making procedures, such as the parliamentary procedure explained in Robert's Rules of Order, consensus is used by a wide variety of groups, from the theological such as the Quakers, to economic including the Dutch Polder Model, to historical like the Hanseatic League, to political such as Food Not Bombs and various infoshops, to many non-governmental organizations, some online projects, and even entire nations such as the Haudenosaunee.