<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><html><div id='yahoo__compose_area' style="background-color:white; display:block; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Regular,Helvetica; font-size:15px;"><div><font face="Times" size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">+1 Mawaki on the bellow:</span></font></div><font face="Times" size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div><font face="Times" size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div>''But I am sure for all the energy we waste in trying to convince people with a different worldview than our own, the above would be the most important legacy we can leave to the next generation of IG wonks within civil society.''</span></font><div><br></div><div>Arsene Tungali,<br>Executive Director, Rudi International<br><a href="http://www.rudiinternational.org" x-apple-data-detectors="true"
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x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">kichango@gmail.com</a>'> wrote:<div dir="ltr"><div class="yQTDBase yqt7163129481" id="yqtfd43616"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Hi,</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">That is a very good idea and worthy undertaking suggested by Wolfgang. And I don't take Milton's reservations as reservations but in fact as a good complement (although he seems at the same time to shy away from the idea that we can actually do this, hiding behind Nnenna in the process ;-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">In effect, the question of having people to agree on the legitimacy of individuals selected as _CS representatives_ is a different one from what we need to do here.</div><div class="gmail_default"
style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">So I will reformulate Wolfgang's suggestion in light of Milton's observations, as follows.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">1) The idea would be to map out the different worldviews, goals, ordering values, perspectives, ideological or theoretical postulates which structure the positions, stances and speech of CS individuals and groups actually intervening in the IG space (not a "universal CS"). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">2) So let's not start with or focus on selecting authors. Rather, we should start with a collaborative effort to identify and properly label those worldview/ values/ goals/ perspectives/ ideologies/ theories, etc. One example is "Social
Justice" (we've got that clear enough from JNC, but still subject to reformulation by its proponents.) What else have we got? Would you, Milton, argue that we have a "rational actor theory" perspective here? This may require some online survey tool with people self-identifying themselves with the relevant labels (we might have to decide under how many labels an individual can identify him- or herself. Each label should be followed by one to three sentence description (preferably) just to help everybody in their self-identification. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">What I would advise against is having people who don't share a given perspective wanting to label that perspective (or agree with it.) For instance if some among us, on the left side, think a group among us should be labeled "neo-liberal," that should not matter if the group in question chooses
to label itself differently. The most important thing would be that the basics and implications of each perspective shall be presented in the corresponding chapter. Likewise, the people recognizing themselves in a given perspective would be the ones responsible for drafting its chapter, and while each chapter may be submitted to our "plenary" for input / review, this will be with the goal to make the text materially better wherever it proves necessary but there will be no need for universal agreement (on values, etc.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">3) Only after we have identify and properly label the fundamental perspectives among us, will we finalize the overall outline of the volume and start the drafting process. Again, as far as the worldviews, values and perspectives, only people who recognize themselves under a label would be invited to
participate in the (initial) drafting of their chapter. So it will be up to each group to decide whether they will have a collective drafting process or they will select a few individuals to take charge of the process or they will set up an editorial group, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">4) There will probably be, in addition to the "perspective chapters," some complementary cross-cutting and thematic chapters. Here is where we may have to form a group, including but not limited to one member from each perspective identified, so as to reflect the take of each perspective on the theme/issue while analyzing it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">I realize that this sounds like a research program and may be a little more demanding to carry out than just
having a group of people from each of our coalitions to draft a chapter. But I am sure for all the energy we waste in trying to convince people with a different worldview than our own, the above would be the most important legacy we can leave to the next generation of IG wonks within civil society.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;">Mawaki </div><div class="yQTDBase yqt7163129481" id="yqtfd44578"><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div></div></blockquote></div></html></td></tr></table>