# The New State — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The New State by Mary Parker Follett.

- [The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/the-new-state.md): This chapter introduces the group principle as the foundation for true democracy, arguing that genuine popular government must be built upon organized group life rather than individualistic or mass-based political system
- [Part I: The Group Principle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/part-i-the-group-principle.md): This chapter introduces the group principle as the foundational concept for a new understanding of democracy, arguing that true democracy emerges not from individual rights or majority rule but from the organized, consci
- [I: The Group and the New Psychology](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/i-the-group-and-the-new-psychology.md): This chapter introduces the need for a new social psychology based on the study of groups rather than isolated individuals or abstract society. It argues that politics must be grounded in the laws of association, which a
- [II: The Group Process: The Collective Idea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/ii-the-group-process-the-collective-idea.md): This chapter explores the group process through the metaphor of a committee meeting, arguing that genuine collective thinking produces a group idea that is more than the sum of individual contributions. It emphasizes the
- [III: The Group Process: The Collective Idea (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/iii-the-group-process-the-collective-idea-continued.md): This chapter continues the exploration of the group process, emphasizing that the essence of society is not mere similarity or imitation, but the harmonizing of differences through interpenetration and creative synthesis

> 39 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_new_state_se_1560kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [IV: The Group Process: The Collective Feeling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/iv-the-group-process-the-collective-feeling.md)
- [V: The Group Process: The Collective Will](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/v-the-group-process-the-collective-will.md)
- [VI: The Unity of the Social Process](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/vi-the-unity-of-the-social-process.md)
- [VII: The Individual](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/vii-the-individual.md)
- [VIII: Who Is the Free Man?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/viii-who-is-the-free-man.md)
- [IX: The New Individualism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/ix-the-new-individualism.md)
- [X: Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/x-society.md)
- [XI: The Self-and-Others Illusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xi-the-self-and-others-illusion.md)
- [The Crowd Fallacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xii-the-crowd-fallacy.md)
- [XIII: The Secret of Progress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xiii-the-secret-of-progress.md)
- [The Group Principle at Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xiv-the-group-principle-at-work.md)
- [From Contract to Community](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xv-from-contract-to-community.md)
- [Part II: The Traditional Democracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/part-ii-the-traditional-democracy.md)
- [XVI: Democracy Not “Liberty” and “Equality”: Our Political Dualism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xvi-democracy-not-liberty-and-equality-our-political-dualism.md)
- [XVII: Democracy Not the Majority: Our Political Fallacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xvii-democracy-not-the-majority-our-political-fallacy.md)
- [XVIII: Democracy Not the Crowd: Our Popular Delusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xviii-democracy-not-the-crowd-our-popular-delusion.md)
- [XIX: The True Democracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xix-the-true-democracy.md)
- [XX: The Growth of Democracy in America](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xx-the-growth-of-democracy-in-america.md)
- [XXI: After Direct Government—What?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxi-after-direct-government-what.md)
- [Part III: Group Organization Democracy’s Method](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/part-iii-group-organization-democracy-s-method.md)
- [I: The Neighborhood Group](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/i-the-neighborhood-group.md)
- [XXII: Neighborhood Needs the Basis of Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxii-neighborhood-needs-the-basis-of-politics.md)
- [An Integrated Neighborhood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxiii-an-integrated-neighborhood.md)
- [Neighborhood Organization vs. Party Organization I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxiv-neighborhood-organization-vs-party-organization-i.md)
- [Neighborhood Organization vs. Party Organization II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxv-neighborhood-organization-vs-party-organization-ii.md)
- [XXVI: Neighborhood Organization vs. Party Organization III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxvi-neighborhood-organization-vs-party-organization-iii.md)
- [XXVII: From Neighborhood to Nation: The Unifying State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxvii-from-neighborhood-to-nation-the-unifying-state.md)
- [II: The Occupational Group](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/ii-the-occupational-group.md)
- [XXVIII: Political Pluralism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxviii-political-pluralism.md)
- [XXIX: Political Pluralism and Sovereignty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxix-political-pluralism-and-sovereignty.md)
- [Political Pluralism and Functionalism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxx-political-pluralism-and-functionalism.md)
- [Political Pluralism and the True Federal State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxxi-political-pluralism-and-the-true-federal-state.md)
- [XXXII: Political Pluralism (Concluded)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxxii-political-pluralism-concluded.md)
- [XXXIII: Increasing Recognition of the Occupational Group](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxxiii-increasing-recognition-of-the-occupational-group.md)
- [Part III: The Dual Aspect of the Group](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/part-iii-the-dual-aspect-of-the-group.md)
- [The Moral State and Creative Citizenship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-moral-state-and-creative-citizenship.md)
- [XXXV: The World State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/xxxv-the-world-state.md)
- [Appendix: The Training for the New Democracy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/appendix.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_new_state_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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