ATC 1984 Church Polity and Authority

Anyone interested in order and authority within the Anglican Church today should read this conference report. How can the "consensus fidelium" of the Church, as embodied in its official formularies, be reconciled with the concept of the "bishop in Synod", with the strong inclination to see bishops as chairmen or executive officers of a democratic synod, and the parish priest as a member of a parish corporation, with committees to decide matters of worship and "spirituality"?