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political process

vr.tr.political-process · thing-q11827330

Let an agent describe political processes by actors, stages, rules and outcomes, using sources, and stay non-partisan.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.PRC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Process Which process.

Type

Election, legislation, transition.

Process type

Type and place.

  1. Which process is meant? definition
  2. Where and when? provenance

Actors

Participants.

Actor

Actor and role.

  1. Which actors take part? provenance
  2. In which roles? provenance
Rules Framework.

Legal basis

Law.

Rule

Law and article.

  1. Which rules govern the process? provenance
  2. Were they followed? boundary

Oversight

Courts and observers.

Oversight

Body.

  1. Who oversees it? provenance
  2. What did observers report? provenance
Course Stages.

Stages

Sequence.

Stage

Event and date.

  1. What stages did it pass through? provenance
  2. When? provenance

Contestation

Disputes.

Dispute

Issue and resolution.

  1. Was it contested? provenance
  2. How was it resolved? provenance
Outcome Results.

Result

Decision or change.

Result

Outcome.

  1. What was the outcome? provenance
  2. Is it final? boundary

Indicators

Indices.

Indicator

Index and value.

  1. How do indices rate the change? measurement
  2. Which index and year? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.PRC
Other names and narrower kinds
Fascistization, democracy building, transition of power

What it is Filled

A process through which political decisions, power or institutions are formed, contested or changed, such as elections, legislation, transitions of power, democratisation or autocratisation.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe political processes by actors, stages, rules and outcomes, using sources, and stay non-partisan.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • A process over time, unlike a political institution or ideology.
  • Can be institutional (legislation) or extra-institutional (protest, coups); informal rules, bargaining and power relations matter alongside law.
  • Democratisation and autocratisation transform regimes, gradually or rapidly.

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • take partisan positions
  • spread unverified claims about elections

May

  • describe processes with sources

Moral aspects Filled

  • neutrality
  • democratic rights

Who is affected

  • citizens

Owners Filled

Steward

nobody; a process

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q2305441 - registry parent class

related

  • social process - process
  • political actor - participants
  • constitution - formal rules, with informal norms
  • democracy indices - for democratisation and autocratisation

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.political-process
  • Wikidata: Q11827330 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11827330)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

A process has no physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Not observable as such; seen in events such as elections, votes and transfers of power

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • identify the process and actors
  • describe stages and rules
  • record outcomes with sources
  • point to indices and research

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Political violence
  • Partisan bias in description

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Constitutions and electoral laws of each state
  • International standards for elections, such as the ICCPR Article 25

Context of use required Filled

  • Analysing how collective decisions and power change.
  • electoral process
  • legislative process
  • transition of power
  • democratisation
  • autocratisation
  • peace process

Sources Filled

  1. Q11827330 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
  2. Political Systems: Topic Guide - Political decision-making, formal institutions, informal processes, norms and rules.
  3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Article 25 protects participation in public affairs and genuine periodic elections.
  4. Datasets - Democracy measurement and episodes of democratisation and autocratisation.
  5. Working Paper 75: A Third Wave of Autocratization Is Here: What Is New About It? - Autocratisation can be sudden or gradual.

Open questions

  • The registry merges specific processes (fascistisation, democracy building); should they be separate entries?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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