[governance] Pro-multistakeholderist versus pro-democracy viewpoints

[Tarakiyee]

A stakeholder is a person or a group that has an interest in something.
In the context of internet policy, it could mean a
government/inter-governmental body responsible for
designing/implementing said internet policy, and people and groups who
are required to implement the policy or *most importantly* are affected
by said policy.

Best regards,
Tarakiyee

On 10/03/15 21:34, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 13:36:22 -0400
> Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I should still like to know what is a "stake" - the thing that is
>> held by the stakeholder.
> 
> My understanding is that whatever is /at stake/ from the perspective of
> a given stakeholder, in the sense of being potentially gained or lost,
> is the relevant "stake", and it is "held" as a hope (if it's something
> to be potentially gained) or "held fast" (possibly in fear, if it's
> something that could potentially be lost).
> 
> Disclaimer: These thoughts are shared on the basis of much less
> reflection than would go into anything that I write e.g. about
> democracy or about human rights, as I am not an advocate for any of the
> various theories that are based on the notion of stakeholders, nor am I
> an advocate of multistakeholderism.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
> 
>> On 10 March 2015 at 12:40, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:43:45 -0400
>>> Deirdre Williams <williams.deirdre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> One thing that seems to be missing in everything that I have read
>>>> so far is an explanation of "what is a stake"?
>>>
>>> Humanity is in the process of a very significant transition to a
>>> state of organization which is much more globalized and much more
>>> ICT-based than anything that we have experience with.
>>>
>>> In my view, whether democracy(*) will survive this transition is
>>> very much at stake.
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Norbert
>>>
>>> (*) I mean "democracy" in the sense of the literal meaning of the
>>> word, as explained in a recent posting on this list and also at
>>> http://sustainability.oriented.systems/democracy/
>>>
>>>
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