Collective Learning Agreements as Democratic Practice and Joint Empowerment

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick G. Coy
Keyword(s):  
Collective Learning ◽  
Democratic Practice

Collective Learning and The Emergence of Producer-Scrounger Dynamics

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noam Miller ◽  
Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin ◽  
Iain Couzin
Keyword(s):  
Collective Learning

Mortal Democracy and Plato’s Apology

2020 ◽  
pp. 009059172098295
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Barringer
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Partial Transformation ◽  
Critical Space ◽  
Athenian Democracy ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
Democratic Practice

The Apology is often read as showing a conflict between democracy and philosophy. I argue here that Socrates’s defense critically engages deeply political Athenian conventions of death, showing a mutual entanglement between Socratic philosophy and democratic practice. I suggest that Socrates’s aporetic insistence within the Apology that we “do not know if death is a good or a bad thing” structures a critical space of inquiry that I term “mortal ignorance;” a space from which Socrates reapproaches settled questions of death’s appropriate place in political life, ultimately prompting a partial transformation of Athenian democracy. I argue here that Socratic mortal ignorance supports a self-reflective politics of death, one which produces many potential responses and accepts the impossibility of closing off death’s meaning in any final sense—an aporia suitable for the unending, precarious work of democratic politics.

Liver resection safety in a developing country: Analysis of a collective learning curve

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Houssaini ◽  
M.A. Majbar ◽  
A. Souadka ◽  
O. Lahnaoui ◽  
B. El Ahmadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Resection ◽  
Learning Curve ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Country Analysis

The Roles of Sufi Teachings in Social Movements: An HRD Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-223
Author(s):  
Nadir N. Budhwani ◽  
Gary N. McLean
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Unconditional Love ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Recommendations For Practice

The Problem There is a growing need to explore the role of the centuries-old tradition of Sufism and its teachings which, through social movements, have contributed to, and continue to influence, human resource development (HRD) at various levels—individual, group, organization, community, nation, and international. The Solution To address this need, we present cases of social movements inspired by Sufi teachings in selected parts of the world. We discuss, using literature and personal experiences, links among Sufi teachings, social movements, and HRD, and provide a framework for understanding Sufi teachings within the context of the social movement phenomenon. We end with recommendations for practice and research. The Stakeholders We target broadening the horizons of HRD researchers, practitioners, civil society members, and social movement activists, encouraging them to address long-term changes and collective learning through the quest for unconditional love and liberation, which represent the core of Sufi teachings.

A call for collective learning from mass casualty incidents

Injury ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amila Ratnayake ◽  
Sanjeewa Garusinghe ◽  
Miklosh Bala ◽  
Tamara J. Worlton
Keyword(s):  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Collective Learning ◽  
Mass Casualty Incidents

Constitutional Majoritarianism against Popular “Regulation” in the Federalist

2021 ◽  
pp. 009059172110437
Author(s):  
James Lindley Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Design ◽  
Constitutional Democracy ◽  
Democratic Deliberation ◽  
Common Life ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Democratic Practice ◽  
The Federalist ◽  
Before And After ◽  
New Form ◽  
Adequate Analysis

In this essay, I make the interpretive claim that we cannot properly understand the Federalist without appreciating the extent to which the papers mount a sustained rejection of extra-constitutional democracy—practices in which people aim to assert authority over the terms of common life in ways that are not sanctioned by existing laws. I survey such practices, which were common in America before and after the Revolution. I argue that there is continuity between Publius’s justification for rejecting extra-constitutional democracy and his justification for his preferred system against constitutional alternatives. Adequate analysis and evaluation of the Federalist’s arguments about faction, representation, and institutional design require attention to the double duty the arguments play against constitutional and extra-constitutional opposition. This interpretive argument supports several analytic and evaluative conclusions. First, we must distinguish a new form of “non-hierarchical dualist” constitutionalism, according to which irregular democratic activity need not be limited to extraordinary “constitutional moments” or revolutions. Second, the politically egalitarian character of procedures depends not on the procedures alone, but how the maintenance of such procedures limits other forms of democratic practice. Third, the argument suggests a novel defense of “uncivil” disobedient politics: one grounded not in contributions to democratic deliberation, but in the entitlements of citizens to direct assertions of authority over common life.

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