This session, we will consider Robert’s Rules of Order and the other parliamentary procedures that govern decision-making bodies like boards of directors, city council, and the US congress. The will examine the advantages and disadvantages of various procedural formats and explore how deliberative procedures can affect outcomes. We will also continue to work on the projects in the Policy Sequence.
Task One: Watch this lecture on Parliamentary Procedures.
Task Two: Comment on this post concerning the filibuster.
Task Three: Read Steffensmeier and Schenck-Hamlin’s, “Argument Quality in Public Deliberation”; Zimmerman’s, Robert’s Rules in Plain English (just skim this) and Gastil Chapter 5, “How Government Deliberates.”