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We need governance structures that minimize authority hysteresis and therefore do not create [[concentrations of unaccountable power]] – while still awarding decisionmaking influence to those who demonstrate good decisionmaking ability.? | We need governance structures that minimize authority hysteresis and therefore do not create [[concentrations of unaccountable power]] – while still awarding decisionmaking influence to those who demonstrate good decisionmaking ability.? | ||
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| − | The first known use of this phrase is in a [https://plus.google.com/u/0/116589201391591303703/posts/Fqnh65Ftq7E Google+ comment] on 2012-11-18. | + | The first known use of this phrase is in a [https://plus.google.com/u/0/116589201391591303703/posts/Fqnh65Ftq7E Google+ comment] on 2012-11-18, which was also the basis of the P2P Foundation [http://p2pfoundation.net/Authority_Hysteresis article] on this topic. |
Latest revision as of 15:23, 19 November 2012
About
Authority hysteresis is the degree to which a governance structure enforces the continuance of authority in the absence of legitimate support.
Examples
Elected offices have authority hysteresis in that elected officials can complete their appointed term in office (typically measured in years), even after taking extremely unpopular actions, unless a recall vote is both legal and successful. Recall votes typically require a great deal more organization and antipathy than would have been required to defeat the candidate in the original election, and may not be legal in many cases.
Conclusions
We need governance structures that minimize authority hysteresis and therefore do not create concentrations of unaccountable power – while still awarding decisionmaking influence to those who demonstrate good decisionmaking ability.?
Notes
The first known use of this phrase is in a Google+ comment on 2012-11-18, which was also the basis of the P2P Foundation article on this topic.