Conflict and Consensus

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This book presents a broad overview of the processes of collective decision-making that draws on theoretical influences ranging from group decision theory through to the authors' own social representations theory. Serge Moscovici and Willem Doise, two of the world's leading social psychologists, offer a növel analysis of group conflict and the construction of consensus to produce a generál theory of collective decisions. Going beyond the traditional view that compromise is a negative process where group members merely comply in order to sustain cohesion, the authors argue that the conflict at the root of group decisions can be a positive force leading to changes in opinion and innovation. Their theoretical framework is illustrated in depth by numerous empirical investigations from around the world, which outline the necessary conditions required to generate consensus and thus to construct new social realities. Originál and comprehensive, Conflict and Consensus will be essential... Tovább

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This book presents a broad overview of the processes of collective decision-making that draws on theoretical influences ranging from group decision theory through to the authors' own social representations theory. Serge Moscovici and Willem Doise, two of the world's leading social psychologists, offer a növel analysis of group conflict and the construction of consensus to produce a generál theory of collective decisions. Going beyond the traditional view that compromise is a negative process where group members merely comply in order to sustain cohesion, the authors argue that the conflict at the root of group decisions can be a positive force leading to changes in opinion and innovation. Their theoretical framework is illustrated in depth by numerous empirical investigations from around the world, which outline the necessary conditions required to generate consensus and thus to construct new social realities. Originál and comprehensive, Conflict and Consensus will be essential reading for social and organizational psychologists, management scholars and anyone working on intergroup relations and conflict issues. Serge Moscovici is Professor both at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and at the new School for Social Research (New York). Willem Doise is Professor in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Geneva. Vissza