[bestbits] [governance] Alternatives?

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 7 Mar 2014, at 1:01 am, Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette at wzb.eu> wrote:

> How about democracy is supposed to be a national concept while we are dealing with transnational issues that involve  public but also lots of private resources? Thus, this is not about replacing democracy but enhancing some of its principles to the transnational sphere. Actually an old idea that now has found another concrete case of application. 

Exactly.  Avri also posted a good submission on this titled, aptly enough, "Multstakeholder model as a form of democracy", which is at http://content.netmundial.br/contribution/multstakeholder-model-as-a-form-of-democracy/117.  My own personal submission at http://content.netmundial.br/contribution/an-extended-role-for-the-igf-in-filling-the-gaps-in-the-internet-governance-ecosystem/126 (the formatting has been a bit mangled, sorry) may also be of interest.

I have resisted engaging in this back and forth, but does anyone else feel that Michael has already made his position quite clear and that it is no longer productive to continue berating others who don't happen to agree with him?

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