Purpose Domain:

Arenas for Governing (PH'6Q•)

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Overview

The Arenas for Governing are about hoping for benefits in society.

The 7 Q-Arenas for Governing are each presented briefly here

The pairing of these Arenas is explained here.

The Tree of the 7 Arenas is proposed here.

In this webpage, after providing a summary Table of the 7 Arenas, there will be further Tables and diagrams related to each of the Arenas, specifically:

a) the Types in the Arena

b) the Spiral of Growth in the Arena

c) the Tree of the Arena

All formulations are summary propositions. Being at an early stage of drafting, they need correction, expansion, refinement and improvement.

Governing in the Q-Arenas is about handling of benefits that potentially emerge naturally within large organized societies. Labels to help grasp each of the Arenas are shown in the Table below.

PH'6	Label for Benefit Constituent Types	Typology PH'6Q•t	Spiral PH'6Q•C	Hierarchy PH'6Q•H	Tree PH'6Q•HK	Struct Hier PH'6Q•sH	Str Hier Tree PH'6Q•sHK
	Hope within a Governing Arena	Ways to Get Benefit in Society	Strengthening Governing	Levels in the Governing Arena	Dynamic Determinants	Context of the Arena	Socio-emotional Engagement
-Q7	Liberty Transcendentalist (T7) guided by Rationalist (T1)	... to experience freedom in society	Strengthening via awareness	... of	... of governing for the liberty of each person.	n/k	n/k
-Q6	Morality Legitimist (T6) guided by Transcendentalist (T7)	... to live virtuously	Strengthening via adjustment	... of	... of governing for morality amongst all.	n/k	n/k
-Q5	Security Communalist (T5) guided by Legitimist (T6)	... to allocate common goods	Strengthening via social presence	... of	... of governing for security within society.	n/k	n/k
-Q4	Prosperity Individualist (T4) guided by Communalist (T5)	... to interact for benefit	Strengthening development of social status	... of	... of governing for prosperity in a community	n/k	n/k
-Q3	Harmony Pluralist (T3) guided by Individualist (T4)	... to join a social group seek group membership	Strengthening via bonding	... of a	... of governing for harmony amongst individuals	n/k	n/k
-Q2	Leadership Conventionalist (T2) guided by Pluralist (T3)	... to recognize current values	Strengthening via self-confirmation	... of	... of governing for leadership given diversity	n/k	n/k
-Q1	Progress Rationalist (T1) guided by Conventionalist (T2)	... to choose social goals	Strengthening capability for social change	... of	... of governing for progress in line with public sentiment.	n/k	n/k

Q1: Progress

The condition of any society is such that its members have wants and needs that can be best met, sometimes only met, if society changes in some way. When change results in these wants and needs being more completely met, it is regarded as social progress.

Social progress is one of the benefits that all hope to get from living in a society and accepting being governed.

#	Ways (t) to Choose Social Goals TET	Modes/Stages (μ/Φ) in Strengthening Capability for Social Change Spiral	Hierarchy (L) for Social Progress Tree
7	Culture-based Conventional choices	Cultural conventions	The Culture
6	Minority-based Diversity choices	Minority requirements	Minorities
5	Majority-based Popular choices	Majority views	The Majority
4	Ideology-based Political choices	Ideological convictions	Ideology
3	Expertise-based Rational choices	Expert proposals	Expertise
2	Authority-based Official choices	Authority systems	Authority
1	Member-based Personal choices	Member concerns	Membership

Q1t: Ways to Define Social Goals

T	Way to Choose Social Goals	Source	Quality
7	Culture-based choices	Traditions, customs, historical conditioning.	Conventional
6	Minority-based choices		Diverse
5	Majority-based choices		Popular
4	Ideology-based choices	Politicians and social theoreticians	Political
3	Expertise-based choices	Academics and recognized experts/	Rational
2	Authority-based choices	Bureaucratic structures, systems and personnel.	Official
1	Member-based choices	Members of the society	Personal

The ways to choose social goals at any point in time can be plotted high or low in relation to the enabling of social integration of members(X-axis) and the attention given to member differences within society (Y-axis).

As usual, the ways fall into quadrants. Those in the lower two quadrants generate spontaneous acceptance, while those in the upper two quadrants are require reflection and more deliberate acceptance. Ways in the right two quadrants are highly visible or easily recognized, while those in the left two quadrants have much less visibility and call for discernment. Ways in diametrically opposite quadrants engender a degree of antagonism: LR choices are widespread, while UL choices are focused; LL choices are pragmatic and concrete, while UR choices are conceptual or theoretical.

The inner circle contains ways that choose goals that deserve pursuit as a matter of principle, and are developed by relatively small groups.
The outer circle contains ways that choose goals that serve self-interest and emerge from the status quo, and reflect larger groups in society.
The two circles fuse in member-based choices which change from being a matter of principle to being an entitlement.

Choices debatable and the arrows indicate preferences for validation and confirmation of the value of the choice i.e. official choices (t2) are confirmed by the majority (t5), ideological choices (t4) look to the culture (t7) for validation, expert choices (t3) will be appreciated and confirmed by a minority (t5), and a member's want (t1) becomes validated when it is an entitlement.

Q1C: Stages in Strengthening Capability for Social Change

In this framework, the ways to choose social goals, having been plotted, are viewed as modes of social pressure.

These modes comprise distinctive sets of principles and values for pressing for chosen goals. Together they spell out what is required to be capable of social change.

Progressive change commences with members expressing their wants (μ1), while recognizing that. on its own, this is meaningless without development. So the Spiral is an effortful process in which the values of each Mode (μ) cumulate to form a series of Stages (Φ). Development can stop at any Stage if the pressure for change is judged sufficient.

Cycle-1 modes use Stage-1 to enable member wants to get recognition in society: initially by engaging in turning to officials within society's authority systems (μ2), then by getting proposals from recognized experts (μ3), and finally by activating ideological convictions (μ4). At the end of this Cycle, the personal wants will have become governing priorities widely recognized as important and deserving attention.

In Cycle-2, the last three modes progressively address self-interest within the status quo, initially by will of the majority (μ5), then by taking into account requirements of minorities (μ6), and finally by cultural incorporation (μ7).

Progressdepends on moving from the simple assertion of wants to the emergence of shared priorities. and ultimately to recognizing member entitlements.

Drivers for the evolutionary progression through these modes appear to be: (a) controversy over addressing member wants, (b) need to increase pressure beyond what is possible in the present Stage, (c) pressure from internal or external sources: economic, political environmental, and (d) limitations, degeneration or dysfunction of the current mode.

Q1HK: Determinants of Progress in Society

As usual, a Tree can be created from the Q-typology (equivalent to the essence of each of the 7 modes) and this provides for dynamics between the determinants of social progress.

The dynamic duality to be applied is associational/voluntary/personal v ideological/given/social.

The internal duality suggested is adhering to group values v developing social goals.

The psychosocial pressures are autonomy as the underpinning force derived from the Purpose-RL6 domain, and not shown in the diagram; and then performance based on the Q1 position, and finally autonomy (from Rationalist choice-PH'6L1) and certainty (from Conventionalist choice-PH'6L2).

The requisite and self-interested Trees are shown below.

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The People and the Powerful in Politics: Tree showing channels of influence.

Framework tree of participation and change: The People versus the Sources of Power

Q1sH & Q1sHK: Undetermined

Q2: Leadership

#	Ways (t) to Recognize Current Values TET	Modes/Stages (μ/Φ) in ___________ Spiral	Hierarchy (L) for __________ Tree
7	Leadership-driven
6	Change-driven
5	Situation-driven
4	Communication-driven
3	Interest-driven
2	Custom-driven
1	Popular opinion-driven

Q2t: Ways to Recognize Current Values

Q2C: Stages in Strengthening

Q2HK: Determinants of

Q2sH & Q2sHK: Undetermined

Q3: Harmony

#	Ways (t) to Reconcile Diversity TET	Modes/Stages (μ/Φ) in ________ Spiral	Hierarchy (L) for ______ Tree
7	Merit-oriented
6	Authority-oriented
5	Individual-oriented
4	Status-oriented
3	Politics-oriented
2	Faction-oriented
1	Improvement-oriented

Q3t: Ways to Reconcile Diversity

Q3C: Stages in Strengthening

Q3HK: Determinants of

Q3sH & Q3sHK: Undetermined

Q4: Prosperity

#	Ways (t) to Interact for Benefit TET	Modes/Stages (μ/Φ) in ___________ Spiral	Hierarchy (L) for ______ Tree
7	Reality-centred
6	Perspective-centred
5	Kinship-centred Family-choice
4	Community-centred Fair choice
3	Cause-centred Meaningful choice
2	Power-centred Status choice
1	Market-centred Commercial choice

Q4t: Ways to Interact for Benefit

Q4C: Stages in Strengthening

Q4HK: Determinants of

Q4sH & Q4sHK: Undetermined

Q5: Security

#	Ways (t) to Allocate Common Goods TET	Modes/Stages (μ/Φ) in _____ Spiral	Hierarchy (L) for ____ Tree
7	Justice-driven
5	Duty-driven
4	Entitlement-driven
6	Development-driven
3	Loyalty-driven
2	Resource-driven
1	Needs-driven

Q5t: Ways to Allocate Common Goods

Q5C: Stages in Strengthening

Q5HK: Determinants of

Q5sH & Q5sHK: Undetermined

Q6: Morality

#	Ways (t) to Live Virtuously TET	Modes/Stages (μ/Φ) in _______ Spiral	Hierarchy (L) for __________ Tree
7	Time-centred
6	Identity-centred
5	doctrine-centred
4	Conformity-centred
3	Autonomy-centred
2	Purpose-centred
1	Duty-centred

Q6t: Ways to Live Virtuously

Q6C: Stages in Strengthening

Q6HK: Determinants of

Q6sH & Q6sHK: Undetermined

Q7: Liberty

#	Ways (t) to Experience Freedom TET	Modes/Stages (μ/Φ) in ___________ Spiral	Hierarchy (L) for _______ Tree
7	Destiny-based
6	Plan-based
5	Desire-based
4	Integrity-based
3	Opportunity-based
2	Obligation-based
1	Spirit-based