Sociocracy is a system of governance, using consent-based decision making among equivalent individuals and an organizational structure based on cybernetic principles. The first modern implementation of sociocracy by Gerard Endenburg, was developed as a new method of governing businesses, but has been adopted in many different kinds of organization... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy
(from the article `Ward, Lester Frank`) ...the United States. An optimist who believed that the social sciences had already given mankind the information basic to happiness, Ward advocated ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/118