1. Mapping forms and opportunities for dialogue

There is the clear implication that dialogues of different quality and consequence could be associated with distinct conditions, whether considered as stages or frameworks. But the dangers of focusing on "higher level" dialogue, at the expense of others forms, derive from the failure to recognize the functions of each kind of dialogue and how they complement each other within society.

1. Scope of "faith" in inter-faith dialogue

1. Reservations

The concern in the following notes is with those large-group meetings or conferences which are not:

This section provides commentaries on dialogue related to the Transformative Approaches to Social Organization area of the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

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1. Dilemma of many possible views

This Encyclopedia seeks to respond to the dilemma of the many possible views concerning the nature of sustainable human development. Usually any such view considers itself more appropriate than other competing views. Few views account for the existence of other views except as being predecessors or misguided. And yet it is the interaction of such views within a conceptual ecology which characterizes the dynamics of human society. Different views engender different styles of human development and give rise to different problems.

1. Alternation

1. Introduction

This exercise is concerned with identifying and representing patterns of change and with the development of better ways of responding to its possibilities in various forms of socially organized activity, such that developmental momentum is conserved within the pattern rather than being dissipated unusefully.

The focus is on moving beyond the inadequacies of single policies in an effort to provide an adequate policy framework for sustainable development. The challenge, as explored in Section MZ, is to avoid single-policy weaknesses such as:

This section provides commentaries on patterning related to the Transformative Approaches to Social Organization area of the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

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1. Inadequacy of particular policies