# Sociocracy

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1. Consent (no substantive objection)
2. Sociocratic circles
3. Double-linking

- policy decisions are made by those who are concerned -> multi-level, and distributed governance
- inclusive, collaborative, and integrative governance, CONSENT based
- not looking for public agreement but looking for the protection of the system's boundaries. Not like: who has an idea, but who has substantive objection.
- double linking

There is a recommendation (made by previous consent-based circle), and everybody can ask clarify questions, and say feedbacks. Based on the feedbacks, the recommendation giver can change the recommendation and after that they collect the substantive objections. And the meeting continues after the objections are corrected. The voting system is very similar process.

For every functional unit, there is a sociocratic circle. There could be other lower circle units. There is a functional leader but they are equal in the circle.

# History

The phase origins from Auguste Comte, french phylosopher. The whole system origins from Gerard Endenburg. The system strongly affected by the fact that he is an engineer, and he was born in a Quaker family.

He made a circular organisation model, based on the concept of cibernetic control circuit.

He said that self organization has two conditions:

1. The elements are equal, nobody controls the others,
2. To Overcoming chaos , the system needs an outer energy fountain. (common goal)

The Queker roots:

Equality, respect, community, community decisions, ahimsa, simplicity, honesty etc.

The decision-making: inclusive, collaborative, integrative, facilitated, unanonimous consent, veto