The New State, Group Organization the Solution, of Popular Government (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

M. P. Follett

9780266528449: The New State, Group Organization the Solution, of Popular Government (Classic Reprint)

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In Cincinnati, where the name used for the group is social unit, this is defined as being a group of people living in the same neighbourhood, and organised to give and receive community service. The plan of work goes on to state that the same principle of group organisation will be applied to the social work, the nursing, the statistical work, etc., as well as to the gradual building up of an advisory council composed of men and women from other occupational groups in the community. For example, in social work, formulation of plans and directions of policies will rest in city committees of social experts, elected by then fellow-members and united through their heads in a social council, of which the Superin tendent of Public Welfare will be a member. In summary the unit plan aims at three things: to organise the people of a limited district democratically, so that they can get a clear idea of what their common needs are, and what they think ought to be done about them; to organise democratically the specialists of the neighbourhood and of the city so that the highest skill and experience can be applied to meeting the needs disclosed, and to bind the people and the technically skilled groups together in such a way that the people can tell the specialists what they want done, and the specialists can point out how to do it, submitting plans, programmes, and policies to the people for their approval. To put it another way, the plan is an attempt to bring efficiency to democracy.

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