Talk:Actionable themes
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General remarks
1. The list with the 21 "actionable themes" of the WSF shows a rough resemblance with the list of Ministries of a modern state. It is not a classification of knowledge. Rather, it is the taxonomy of things that a contemporary Government should be concerned with. Note that no Government can ever be perfect. Neither can this kind of classification by subject be perfect.
2. I am prepared to accept any order of the 21 actionable themes. Thus it would be OK with me if Water came last, and Children first. Or, Labour could be number 2. and Education number 1. A mathematically educated friend pointed out to me, that 20 themes can be ordered in great many ways. There are, to be exact:
20! = 2 432 902 008 176 640 000 different possibilities...
That is far more than all people on earth. Another order is always possible!
3. The two main advantages of the 21 actionable themes: a) This classification -- or at least the version that we are working on -- is sanctioned by the International Council of the World Social Forum; b) the list is short enough to permit a rapid overview of the whole, yet it is fairly comprehensive. --Book 23:33, 6 February 2007 (EAT)
Alphabetical order?
Sharon said: the classification system choosen is o.k, but for subject classification am suggesting we use alphabetical order also.
Changes
Slashes (/) have been substituted with commas and "and". - Reason: the slashes sometimes seem to indicate opposition, in other cases just conjunction, which may be confusing.
2. National /International Institutions and Democracy
Changed to Institutions and Democracy. - Reason: Obviously, the WSF deals with both national and international institutions, as well as with regional and global, or "world", institutions.
"4. Housing"
Changed to Habitat and housing.
15. Debt
Changed to Taxation, debt and public finance. - Reasons: a) from the start, taxation has been a major theme of the WSF. Compare, for instance, the role of ATTAC (Association to Tax financial Transactions to Aid Citizens) in the making of the WSF. b) In order to have public services (Water, Health, Education etc.), we need public finances. At the global level, a new financial architecture and world public finances are needed.
17. Free Trade
Changed to Trade and transportation. - Reason: a) Trade as such may well on the WSF's agenda; b) transportation probably needs to be mentioned somewhere among the actionable themes.
