But nations are much more than democratic nation-states. What about small nations steered by consensus, clan based nations, national with a significant number of political decisions based on referendum? What about nations/countries where voting is obligatory and it is a criminal offence not to vote?
Based on an open world assumption I find it hard to say that no nation can ever show collective agency. All the best, Øyvind > On 9 May 2018, at 08:40, Pat Riva <pat.r...@concordia.ca> wrote: > > Each individual in a democratic nation can choose to vote (or not). > Then the elected government (an LRM-E8 Collective agent) takes actions and is > responsible, not all those people holding that citizenship. > > Pat Riva > Associate University Librarian, Collection Services > Concordia University > > Vanier Library (VL-301-61) > 7141 Sherbrooke Street West > Montreal, QC H4B 1R6 > Canada > +1-514-848-2424 ext. 5255 > pat.r...@concordia.ca > From: Conal Tuohy <conal.tu...@gmail.com> > Sent: May 9, 2018 1:43 AM > To: Pat Riva > Cc: CRM-SIG > Subject: Re: [Crm-sig] ISSUE: E74 Group (from LRMoo discussions) > > > > On 7 May 2018 at 14:27, Pat Riva <pat.r...@concordia.ca> wrote: > Propose to modify the scope note of E74 Group so that it clearly corresponds > to LRM-E8 Collective Agent. To do this any groups of people not having > agency, such as national, religious, cultural, ethnic groups, must be > excluded from the scope of E74. > This strikes me as odd! Is it really true that the citizenry of a nation is > entirely lacking in agency? Can they not take political decisions, for > instance? > > > -- > Conal Tuohy > http://conaltuohy.com/ > @conal_tuohy > +61-466-324297 > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > Crm-sig@ics.forth.gr > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig
