I agree that policy is being made by those who had a through grounding in the related mechanism and so it should work most of the times. However, getting to the policy from the mechanism (s) is becoming arbitrarily difficult.
The very nature of computation as an idea is the primary cause for this.
Bringing policy and mechanism together has the following concerns:
#1. It makes policy rigid and harder to change in response to user requirements.
#2. Trying to change policy has a strong tendency to destabilize the mechanisms.
If we do not bring them together, the exercise will always be fragmented with the policy becoming
a veneer to indicate a sort of binding of several mechanism.
For the internet governance, it is always a tussle between keeping Policy and Mechanism "together
and separate". The coming togeher can happen only if one includes the design.
Hence, I suggest that "Technology" and "Managerial" concenrs may be separated and we work on interoprable
interfaces.
We may then have the "One World One Internet" with more tangible outcomes for all the stakeholders.
Your comments are most welcome.
Sincerely,
Gopal T V