Brandon C.
PAF 602 (Fall 2008)

Abstract

Follett, M. P. (1998). The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government. Pennsylvania State University Press.

Mary Parker Follett’s The New State is a declaration of unity over individualism and neighborhood groups over party organizations. Follett attests that our representative government has failed and that democracy, “by the numbers” is not a true democracy. “…no one can give us democracy, we must learn democracy,” (p. 22) and according to Follett, that learned democracy is experienced in neighborhood groups. Within these groups, individuals come together and harmonize their ideas and needs into collective will and action. To Follett, this is the foundation of a popular democracy. Read the rest of this entry »

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