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The Social Aspects of Choice

Participation in Decision Making

From: The Power Manual

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The Social Aspects of Choice, focuses on how choice is informed by one’s environment and how one participates in collective choice. I highlight what I found most important about Carole Pateman’s work on political efficacy. She identifies three social structures that shape political efficacy — family, particularly the form of discipline; schools, and their ability to teach participation; and work that offers opportunities for participation in decision making.

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Cyndi Suarez

Cyndi Suarez works with leaders in nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and social movements, including most recently the Movement for Black Lives. She helps social change leaders move from struggle to flow by helping them build elegant ideas and structures. She has a MS in Nonprofit Management from Southern New Hampshire University, and studied Feminist Theory at the New School for Social Research. Suarez is Senior Editor at Nonprofit Quarterly, the leading nonprofit journal. She lives in Boston, MA.