The New Frontier
in Democratic Theory and Practice:
Organizational Forms that Simultaneously Optimize Autonomy & Community

©1997, Andrew Dinkelaker


TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION (p.1)
THE THREAT TO DEMOCRACY
1. Democracy as an Advanced Form of Socio-Political Organization
2. The Structure of This Manuscript

CHAPTER ONE (p.9)
INTRODUCING THE FOUR-QUADRANT SYSTEM
1. The History of Democracy
2. Distinguishing Two Dimensions

CHAPTER TWO (p.32)
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AS PROCESS
1. The Four Organizational Forms
2. Implicate Order and "Process"

CHAPTER THREE (p. 42)
THE FOUR QUADRANTS AND THE "CORE" PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES
1. Psychological Foundation for Mitroff's Organizational Forms
2. Further Exploration of the Four Core Types
3. The Devaluation of NF
4. The Demographics of N and F
5. The Developmental Levels of F and N
6. Strong NF Combination Linked With Quadrant Four

CHAPTER FOUR (p. 68)
EDUCATING FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
1. Socio-Political Level
2. Psychological Level
3. Democracy as Limino-Centric Society

CHAPTER FIVE (p. 95)
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY DEFERRED
1. The Incommensurability of Rival Paradigms
2. Socio-Organizational Relativism or Quadrant Relativism
3. The Instrumental Argument for Democracy
4. The Fragmentation and Co-optation of the Dimensions and Functions

CHAPTER SIX (p. 106)
CONSENSUS: THE QUINTESSENTIAL METHODOLOGY FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY
1. Types of Consensus

BIBLIOGRAPHY (p. 112)