PROPOSED STUDY PLAN

I never got my Master's degree. I did write the rough draft of a book back maybe around 1993. I have thought about going back to college to do a contract of independent study to complete the book and the degree. I started this blog in order to work on these ideas and hopefully get a little feedback. So I found this proposed study plan and will publish it for your consideration.

THESIS STATEMENT;

I will study progress by considering how change happens. I will inspect

democracy's political problems using the tools of public choice economics. Then look at some of the new consensual group tools and their possible effect on these concerns.

      In the Evolution and pattern transformation chapter I want to examine progress by researching the Tocqueville theory of how evolution occurs, then go over the relationship between paradigm shift and evolution.

 In the Economics and government chapter I will trace how political structure parallels economic structure and production methods parallel group processes by following the evolution of Monarchy during the agricultural revolution, and Democracy during the industrial revolution, then conclude with my thesis of consensual political development during information revolution.

Tocqueville

 In the Economics of information chapter I will entertain Kuhn’s theory of revolutions by contemplating how to identify key triggers of change and how they operate. Then I will study how society continuously adjusts to changing circumstances by drawing a parallel between an individual’s formation of unconscious knowledge and society’s unconscious operations.  

The chapter on Truth studies how Locke, Mill, and Hayek explained man’s experience of ignorance and concern for accurate information, then rephrases the case for freedom and tolerance.

Thomas Kuhn

The "What goes wrong?" chapter studies how inconsistencies in democratic theory cause problems in practice, and how these problems lead to externalities, then researches how these externalities can lead to a political business cycle. 

 In the "Calculus" chapter I explore the public choice school of economics by tracing its history and theory by looking at pioneers in the field, then apply Deming's contribution of total quality management tools to public choice economics.

      In the Win/win chapter I study natural law by looking at the problems of morality, coercion, and productivity as they bear on how Democracy is practiced.

       The "Consensus" chapter speculates about whether Democracy has failed to fulfill its promise of education and confidence

by looking at group psychology and dynamics. Then I trace the history of consensus and ponder whether small group processes are now able to overcome these problems.

       The "Government" chapter checks to see how interactive small group processes can be used in government, and looks at concerns expressed by opponents, then views tools that may be used to deal with these concerns.

      The "Stores" chapter looks at possible results from these changes, by examining more tools that may be developed, and studying how Politics, Economics, and Ecology are related. Then ends with checking the feasibility of a unified ecological world.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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