Difference between revisions of "Stages of change"

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(trying to generalize -- this isn't necessarily about government or power-shifts)
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# '''conception''': someone conceives of a goal they find desirable
 
# '''conception''': someone conceives of a goal they find desirable
 
# '''logistics''': someone conceives of a plan for achieving that goal, given access to the necessary resources
 
# '''logistics''': someone conceives of a plan for achieving that goal, given access to the necessary resources
# '''consensus''': there is consensus among the governed that the plan is a good one
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# '''consensus''': there is consensus among those affected (e.g. the governed) that the plan is a good one
# '''access''': those who would implement the plan obtain the resources to do so
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# '''provisioning''': those who would implement the plan obtain the resources to do so
 
#: ...either by convincing those in power to implement it, or by a change in regime, or by some intermediate method (e.g. electing people who favor the plan, or gathering resources by some other means)
 
#: ...either by convincing those in power to implement it, or by a change in regime, or by some intermediate method (e.g. electing people who favor the plan, or gathering resources by some other means)
# '''implementation''': those in power implement the plan
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# '''implementation''': the plan is implemented
 
# '''survival''': the plan must survive attempts to subvert it
 
# '''survival''': the plan must survive attempts to subvert it

Revision as of 12:56, 5 March 2013

About

Any desired social or political change must go through several stages before becoming the new status quo. These stages are often lumped together under the heading "how", but the answer to the question "how can we do this" is substantially different depending on which stage(s) one is asking about.

  1. conception: someone conceives of a goal they find desirable
  2. logistics: someone conceives of a plan for achieving that goal, given access to the necessary resources
  3. consensus: there is consensus among those affected (e.g. the governed) that the plan is a good one
  4. provisioning: those who would implement the plan obtain the resources to do so
    ...either by convincing those in power to implement it, or by a change in regime, or by some intermediate method (e.g. electing people who favor the plan, or gathering resources by some other means)
  5. implementation: the plan is implemented
  6. survival: the plan must survive attempts to subvert it