Conflict and Consensus A General Theory of Collective Decisions |
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Author:
| Moscovici, Serge Doise, Willem |
ISBN: | 978-0-8039-8456-1 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1994 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $69.95 |
Book Description:
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This book presents a bold new theory of the processes of collective decision-making that draws on theoretical influences ranging from group decision theory through to the authors′ own social representations theory. Moscovici and Doise offer a novel analysis of group conflict and the construction of consensus to produce a general theory of collective decisions.
Going beyond the traditional view that compromise is a negative process where group members merely comply in order to...
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This book presents a bold new theory of the processes of collective decision-making that draws on theoretical influences ranging from group decision theory through to the authors′ own social representations theory. Moscovici and Doise offer a novel analysis of group conflict and the construction of consensus to produce a general theory of collective decisions.
Going beyond the traditional view that compromise is a negative process where group members merely comply in order to sustain cohesion, the authors argue that the conflict at the root of group decisions can be a positive force leading to changes in opinion and to innovation. Their theoretical framework is illustrated in depth with numerous empirical investigations fro