The Origins of Collective Decision Making - Studies in Critical Social Sciences by Andy Blunden Paperback

About the Book

With invaluable insight and poignant analysis, Blunden traces the hidden origins of three paradigms of decision-making: Counsel, Majority, and Consensus.

Book Synopsis

With invaluable insight and poignant analysis, Blunden traces the hidden origins of three paradigms of decision-making: Counsel, Majority, and Consensus.

Review Quotes

"In this engaging and accessibly-written study, Andy Blunden seeks to uncover the history of how people have arrived at decisions on a shared course of action to achieve common goals. Along the way, he provides interesting and sometimes surprising case studies of collectivity in various social and institutional formations, drawn from three continents and a range of cultural practices... [I]n the wake of the Brexit vote and the Trump presidential victory, and in the context of allegedly 'post-truth politics', this is a valuable and serious look at what it means to reach genuinely collective decisions."
-Steph Marston, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books

About the Author

Andy Blunden is an editor of the journal Mind, Culture, and Activity and Secretary of the Marxists Internet Archive. His previous work includes, An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity (2010), Concepts: A Critical Approach (2012) and Collaborative Projects: An Interdisciplinary Study (2014).