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00838: Re: decisions at wider levels
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Richard Moore <rkm(at)quaylargo.com> |
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Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:21:43 +0000 |
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Re: decisions at wider levels |
there are situations where implementation of decisions may
take years or generations, including some law of the sea issues at
world level, and local civic services like water supply, public
libraries. education courses -- some of them requiring ongoing
research and updating. Then the 'nested networks of stakeholders' may
involve nearly whole of life career participants.The process must
sometimes be more like public servant bureaucracies employing
technical experts than treaty making, but whichever pattern of
consultation is dominant there will remain a need for vigilance of the
public and stakeholders, and for transparency and answerability of
agents.
Hi Doug,
I have a section my book that discusses the issue of managing
infrastructures and large development projects.
The 'treaty making' model has to do with major policy decisions,
such as whether or not to build a rail network. In order to actually
build a rail network, there needs to be some kind of agency chartered
for that purpose.
Such an agency would need the equivalent of a board of directors
and a management team. The management team and staff would operate
like any bureaucracy, except that there would be a democratic process
as regards working conditions, etc. The board of directors is
responsible for policy decisions within the framework of its
democratically determined charter. It is not necessary for the board
of directors to be experts, and it is possible for its membership to
change over time.
That is to say, the directors can be ordinary citizens acting as
stakeholder-community delegates, and they can serve for a limited
time. They have full access to all company records and sites, and they
can call on any expert testimony they need.
back to you,
richard
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