<div dir="ltr">We're getting at cross purposes between "stake" and "at stake".<div>A "stakeholder" holds a stake - an interest, an outcome??</div><div>I would be interested to hear from all of the discussants what they consider this "stake" to be. It may not be one thing; it could be a whole range of things. It might be easier to describe by saying what is NOT a stake, what does NOT qualify one to be part of the debate.</div><div>And does "one" qualify, or is it only groups that hold stakes?</div><div>I'm hoping for clarification</div><div>Thank you</div><div>Deirdre</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 March 2015 at 15:34, Norbert Bollow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch" target="_blank">nb@bollow.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:36:22 -0400<br>
Deirdre Williams <<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I should still like to know what is a "stake" - the thing that is<br>
> held by the stakeholder.<br>
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</span>My understanding is that whatever is /at stake/ from the perspective of<br>
a given stakeholder, in the sense of being potentially gained or lost,<br>
is the relevant "stake", and it is "held" as a hope (if it's something<br>
to be potentially gained) or "held fast" (possibly in fear, if it's<br>
something that could potentially be lost).<br>
<br>
Disclaimer: These thoughts are shared on the basis of much less<br>
reflection than would go into anything that I write e.g. about<br>
democracy or about human rights, as I am not an advocate for any of the<br>
various theories that are based on the notion of stakeholders, nor am I<br>
an advocate of multistakeholderism.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Norbert<br>
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> On 10 March 2015 at 12:40, Norbert Bollow <<a href="mailto:nb@bollow.ch">nb@bollow.ch</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:43:45 -0400<br>
> > Deirdre Williams <<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > One thing that seems to be missing in everything that I have read<br>
> > > so far is an explanation of "what is a stake"?<br>
> ><br>
> > Humanity is in the process of a very significant transition to a<br>
> > state of organization which is much more globalized and much more<br>
> > ICT-based than anything that we have experience with.<br>
> ><br>
> > In my view, whether democracy(*) will survive this transition is<br>
> > very much at stake.<br>
> ><br>
> > Greetings,<br>
> > Norbert<br>
> ><br>
> > (*) I mean "democracy" in the sense of the literal meaning of the<br>
> > word, as explained in a recent posting on this list and also at<br>
> > <a href="http://sustainability.oriented.systems/democracy/" target="_blank">http://sustainability.oriented.systems/democracy/</a><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979</div>
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