Her goal has always been consensus, not ideology".
One of these articles, "Consensus and Ideology in American Politics," (1964) was recently identified as the 13th most cited American Political Science Review article in the last 100 years.
Finding consensus on ideology is impossible.
In the mid-20th century, however, nationalism, though tainted by the blood of European minorities, was the default consensus-building ideology of ruling elites everywhere in Asia and Africa.
'"Politics and Vision" was published at a time when political theory was widely described as dead, due to the emerging post-war 'end of ideology' consensus," said Dana Villa, the Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, who earned his Ph.D. at Princeton.
There exists a more or less general consensus that the ideology of the Islamic State is founded upon the prison writings of the revolutionary Egyptian Muslim Brother Sayyid Qutb, in particular some sections of his commentary In the Shade of the Qur'an, but most importantly his late visionary work Milestones, published in 1964.
To begin with, Ms. Segarra, a longtime ally of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and a polarizing figure on the board, would do well to emulate the leadership style of her predecessor, William C. Thompson Jr., who emphasized consensus-building over ideology.
A critical proportion of committed minority ensures the conversion of a certain fraction of moderates to their extremist counterpart, thereby leading to a consensus towards the minority ideology.
While there are divisions within the party based on whether economic or social politics are emphasized, the consensus on far right ideology, particularly with regards to economics, is the real story.
At least now there is a need to reach a consensus among very different ideologies and political trends.
