{"product_id":"9781583946183","title":"The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World that Works for All","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e presents an increasingly relevant and compelling vision of wiser public policy and vibrant democratic culture. Written by lifelong activist Tom Atlee, \u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e is rooted in a simple, yet revolutionary proposition that opens doors to positive democratic change: 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e• 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.\u003cbr\u003e • 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.\u003cbr\u003e • In Andhra Pradesh, India, twenty farmers participated in a \u003ci\u003eprajateerpu\u003c\/i\u003e 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.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Ideal for community organizers, nonprofit workers, policymakers, and elected officials, \u003ci\u003eThe Tao of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “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 \u003ci\u003eDiet for a Small Planet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEcoMind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Section I: An Overview of Co-Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 1. What Is Co-Intelligence?\u003cbr\u003e 2. Tales and Commentaries\u003cbr\u003e 3. Wholeness, Interconnectedness, and Co-Creativity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Resonant Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Section II: Making a Whole Difference Together\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 5. Reaching Beyond Adversarial Activism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Collective Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ways to Have Real Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e 8. Other Approaches to Co-Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e 9. The List Goes On…\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Section III: Creating a Wise Democracy\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 10. Democracy and Wholeness\u003cbr\u003e 11. Cooperative and Holistic Politics\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Canadian Experiment\u003cbr\u003e 13. Citizens Deliberate about Public Issues\u003cbr\u003e 14. Citizen Deliberative Councils\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Section IV: Citizenship toward a Wiser Civilization\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 15. Citizenship Meets Complexxity\u003cbr\u003e 16. More Approaches to Deliberative Democracy\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Emerging Culture of Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e 18. Consensus: Manipluation or Magic?\u003cbr\u003e 19. Co-Intelligent Citizenship and Activism\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Tao of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e What You Can Do\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179873845488,"sku":"9781583946183","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781583946183_p0.jpg?v=1763799306","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781583946183","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}