Books, blogs, articles, websites, and other resources worth reading.

This is a selected list of mostly recommendations with a few negative reviews of works related to dynamic governance, sociocracy, systems theory, self-organization, decision-making, democracy, etc. Inclusions are a bit idiosyncratic because they are based on my reading habits and interests. If it’s here I recommend it. If it isn’t, it doesn’t mean much.

CEB Blog, New Legal Information & Resources

6 September 2011

I just discovered a blog by the University of California and the State Bar of California designed to support their continuing education program for attorneys. While the information is detailed and authoritative it is also written in plain English that can be understood by non-attorneys. http://blog.ceb.com Reading such resources even on a casual basis builds [...]

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Ordering Copies of We the People

14 August 2011

You can now order copies of We the People: Consenting to a Deeper Democracy through the A Deeper Democracy website. They are available as individual copies and in bulk orders of 10 and 20. Links are in the navigation menu above. Shipping to countries other than the United States and Europe is still a problem [...]

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Grassroots Governance & Accountability

31 July 2011

An article appeared today in Repùblica, a newspaper in Nepal, on the need for participatory, transparent, accountable, and inclusive governance. An OpEd essay written in support of a proposed freedom of information law it presents the reasons why applying these principles will strengthen governance at the grassroots level. Only when citizens are informed, they can stand [...]

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How We Decide and Why It Matters

20 January 2011

A wonderfully readable update on brain research is Jonah Lehrer’s How We Decide that looks at how our emotions affect decisions and what the brain tells us about it. Lehrer worked in the lab of Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel, is editor-at-large for Seed Magazine, and  publishes regularly in major magazines and newspapers. He has both [...]

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Maverick by Ricardo Semler

30 December 2010

This is a wonderful little book by the CEO of Semco, a corporation in Brazil. His father started the company and in 1980s passed it along to his rather young son who built a new kind of corporation using “open management” and advocating a “natural” and “democratic” workplace for “industrial citizens.” In 1984, Semco acquired [...]

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The Spirit of Democracy

16 December 2010

The Spirit of Democracy by Larry Diamond is a very readable analysis of the growth and deficiencies of democratic governments around the world. In 1974, only 25% chose their governments in free elections. By the mid-1980s, two of every five states were democratic. By the mid-1990s, the Berlin Wall had collapsed and three of five [...]

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