[governance] Pro-multistakeholderist versus pro-democracy viewpoints

[Deirdre Williams]

We're getting at cross purposes between "stake" and "at stake".
A "stakeholder" holds a stake - an interest, an outcome??
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.
And does "one" qualify, or is it only groups that hold stakes?
I'm hoping for clarification
Thank you
Deirdre

On 10 March 2015 at 15:34, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> 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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