The Tyranny of Structurelessness¶
Freeman, J. (1972). The Tyranny of Structurelessness. Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 164(1972–73), 151-164.
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- Community Self-Governance
- A community that refuses any explicit roles or rules does not become egalitarian; it becomes governed by whoever has the most time, status, or backchannel access — the tyranny of structurelessness
This sourceArgues that groups without explicit accountable structures are governed by informal elites and unequal access, producing a tyranny of structurelessness.
- A community that refuses any explicit roles or rules does not become egalitarian; it becomes governed by whoever has the most time, status, or backchannel access — the tyranny of structurelessness
- Progressive Stack or Speaking Queue
- It also formalizes power that would otherwise run informally — the concern Jo Freeman named as the tyranny of structurelessness, where the absence of explicit structure doesn't remove domination but hides it behind an unaccountable in-group.
This sourceArgues that structurelessness leaves groups governed by informal elites whose power is hidden and unaccountable, and recommends formal, democratically controlled structures.
- It also formalizes power that would otherwise run informally — the concern Jo Freeman named as the tyranny of structurelessness, where the absence of explicit structure doesn't remove domination but hides it behind an unaccountable in-group.
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