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Also known as dynamic governance

Sociocracy is a theory of governance that seeks to create psychologically safe environments and productive organizations. It draws on the use of consent, rather than majority voting, in discussion and decision-making by people who have a shared goal or work process.

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  • 19th century
  • Early 20th century
  • Late 20th century and onwards
  • Essential principles
  • Consent governs policy decision making (principle 1)
  • Organizing in circles (principle 2)
  • Double-linking (principle 3)
  • Elections by consent (principle 4)
  • The "three principles"
  • Consent vs. consensus
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Sociocracy is a theory of governance that seeks to create psychologically safe environments and productive organizations. It draws on the use of consent, rather than majority voting, in discussion and decision-making by people who have a shared goal or work process.

The Sociocratic Circle-Organization Method was developed by the Dutch electrical engineer and entrepreneur Gerard Endenburg and is inspired by the work of activists and educators Betty Cadbury and Kees Boeke, to which Endenburg was exposed at a young age while studying at a school led by Boeke.

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