In her paper about "The Collectivist Organization" (American Sociological Review, Volume 44, August, 1979), Joyce Rothschild-Whitt cited the following study of town meetings: A study of the New England town meeting found citizens reporting headaches, trembling, and even fear for one's heart as a result of the meetings. Altogether, a quarter of the people in a random sample of the two spontaneously suggested that the conflictual character of the meetings disturbed them (Mansbridge, 1979; 1973).
No comments:
Post a Comment