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Drivers to Holistic Democracy: Signs and signals of emergent, democratic self-organising systems

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Organisation und Partizipation

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How relevant are the ideas of democracy and participation for organisations today and in particular, educational organisations? On the face of it, there are many reasons that might encourage the answer, ‘of very little relevance’.

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    Susanne Maria Weber

  2. , Institut für Pädagogik, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bismarkstr. 1a, Erlangen, 91054, Germany

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    Claudia Fahrenwald

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Woods, P. (2013). Drivers to Holistic Democracy: Signs and signals of emergent, democratic self-organising systems. In: Weber, S., Göhlich, M., Schröer, A., Fahrenwald, C., Macha, H. (eds) Organisation und Partizipation. Organisation und Pädagogik, vol 13. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-00450-7_31

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