Readings Selection
A thread to coordinate the selection of readings!
Poll Created Tue 1 May 2018 3:22PM
Add a book to the reading list! Closed Tue 8 May 2018 3:02PM
Let's keep building the reading list! Check 'yes' on this poll if you've added at least one new book to the readings spreadsheet
Results
Results | Option | Voters | |||
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Yes | 4 | |||
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No | 1 | |||
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Undecided | 32 |
5 of 37 people have participated (13%)
Michel Alexandre Salim
Mon 7 May 2018 7:07PM
I feel like I am not familiar enough with the field to suggest books yet, but looking forward to read the next book selection
mike_hales Sun 8 Jul 2018 4:24PM
@michelekipiel Could you add this book to the master list, out of which you do random selections:
- Capra & Mattei (2015), The ecology of law - Toward a legal system in tune with nature and community, Berrett-Koehler.
Toward a law framework for post-capitalism.
emi do Sun 8 Jul 2018 6:03PM
Hi @mikeh8 , the reading selection spreadsheet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZvZ_MLq1dAVBCY7-e9Iylg-qxWYqkcptjvOnkyOTeTA/edit?usp=sharing.
There are also descriptions for the books there as well which helps with selection.
mike_hales Sun 8 Jul 2018 6:44PM
Thanks Emi. I did discover the spreadsheet after I’d posted my query. Unfortunately, I don’t use resources that require a Google ID.
Michele Kipiel Mon 9 Jul 2018 6:43AM
Hi @mikeh8, I added that book personally as soon as the list was created :) Such a great read!
Matt Noyes Mon 9 Jul 2018 3:06PM
If there are no objections, I can convert the spreadsheet to an Ethercalc document...
Michele Kipiel Tue 10 Jul 2018 5:27PM
Works for me, let's wait for some more feedback though :)
Poll Created Sun 8 Jul 2018 11:02AM
Reading selection - Fourth book Closed Sun 15 Jul 2018 12:02PM
And the winner is... "Values at Work Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragon" by G. Cheney!
Let the reading begin :)
As usual, I I will set up a poll in the coming days to pick a date for the discussion call next month.
Let's choose the next book we want to read!
The book descriptions can be found on this spreadsheet.
Results
Results | Option | Rank | % of points | Points | Mean | ||
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The Cooperative Society - E.G. Nadeau & L. Nadeau | 1 | 19.0% | 41 | 6.8 | ||
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Values at Work Employee Participation Meets Market Pressure at Mondragon - G. Cheney | 2 | 19.0% | 41 | 6.8 | ||
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Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder - J. Nitzan & S. Bichler | 3 | 13.9% | 30 | 5.0 | ||
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We the People: Connecting to a Deeper Democracy - J. Buck Jr & S. Villines | 4 | 13.0% | 28 | 4.7 | ||
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Self Management: Economic Liberation of Man - J. Vanek | 5 | 10.2% | 22 | 3.7 | ||
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Property and Contract in Economics: The Case for Economic Democracy - D. Ellerman | 6 | 9.3% | 20 | 3.3 | ||
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Rules for Radicals: A Progmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals - S. Alinsky | 7 | 8.8% | 19 | 3.2 | ||
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The Conquest of Bread - P. Kropotkin | 8 | 6.9% | 15 | 2.5 | ||
Undecided | 0% | 0 | 0 |
6 of 41 people have participated (14%)
mike_hales Sun 8 Jul 2018 2:30PM
@michelekipiel I'd much rather be doing a dot-vote on this, since there are only one or two books I'm keen to read. Sorting eight into a hierarchy is more work than I feel like giving to the remainder. And might seem to support them.
Matthew Cropp Sun 8 Jul 2018 7:18PM
Dot voting on this type of decision doesn't work well (tried it in a different reading group, and we decided ranked choice works better), but what I prefer is to have it set to only rank the top four of the eight. The flow of the approved decision making process is in the description of the sub-group for reference.
Also, @michelekipiel, I'm going to edit the description of the poll to embed the link to the spreadsheet so folks can easily access the book descriptions.
Michele Kipiel Mon 9 Jul 2018 6:44AM
Thanks!
Matthew Cropp Mon 16 Jul 2018 10:08PM
Really excited to read this one! @mattnoyes selections seem to be good ones... ;)
Matt Noyes Mon 16 Jul 2018 10:11PM
You're too kind. Actually, this time I am confident we can set up a follow-up chat with George Cheney.
Caitlin Waddick, FWG/OC Tue 31 Jul 2018 1:23PM
The original publication date is 1999. The Updated Edition is 2002. My library system has the original. Amazon.com sells the Updated Edition for $25. I wonder what’s in the update.
Deleted account Mon 6 Aug 2018 5:06PM
I just requested this via inter-library loan, so if it arrives in time to read, I'll be excited to join the discussion.
Michele Kipiel · Sun 8 Jul 2018 10:54AM
Hi all,
sorry for letting the past week fly by without any updates. I am now selecting the books using https://www.random.org/ to randomly select the 8 books that will be put to the votes. Poll coming soon! :)