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consider:
- Come Hell or High Water: A Handbook on Collective Process Gone Awry, Delfina Vannucci and Richard Singer, 2009. ISBN 1849350183
- Consensus: A New Handbook for Grassroots Social, Political, and Environmental Groups, Peter Gelderloos, 2006. ISBN: 1884365-396
- Democracy in Small Groups – Participation, Decision-Making and Communication, John Castill, New Society Publishers, 1993. ISBN: 0865712743
- Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, Sam Kaner with Lenny Lind, Catherine Toldi, Sarah Fisk and Duane Berger, New Society Publishers, 1996, ISBN: 0865713472
- From Conflict to Cooperation – How to Mediate A Dispute, Dr Beverly Potter, Ronin Publishing, 1996. ISBN: 0914171798
- The Mediator's Handbook, Jennifer E. Beer with Eileen Stief, New Society Publishers, 3rd edition, 1997. ISBN: 0865713596
- Resource Manual for a Living Revolution, Virginia Coover, Ellen Deacon, Charles Esser, Christopher Moore, New Society Publishers, 1981, ISBN: 0865710082
- The Tyranny of Structurelessness, Jo Freeman aka Joreen, original version Vol. 2, No. 1 of The Second Wave, 1972
- Working with Conflict, Fisher et al, Zed Books, 2000. ISBN: 1856498379