[governance] Internet as a commons/ public good

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 24/04/13 10:24, Ian Peter wrote:
> I like new text as suggested by Parminder as well – but one quibble
>  
> “due democratic processes”. That sounds to me like something
> governments do without consultation.
>  
> I would prefer multistakeholder processes. But as that means whatever
> people want it to mean, and may not be acceptable to everyone. Perhaps
> something like
>  
> “through processes involving all stakeholder groups” might be a middle
> ground.

As multistakeholderism is just an approach to improving democracy
particularly at the global level where there are inherent democratic
deficits, how about "democratic, multistakeholder processes" or
"multistakeholder democratic processes".

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