✅3.2.1.4 - Global Governance

Question 1

What is global governance?

Answer 1

The ways in which affairs affecting the whole world are managed

Question 2

What did global governance begin with?

Answer 2

Religion, a globally followed set of rules

Question 3

What are the focuses of global governance?

Answer 3

Civil conflict
Reduction of poverty
Trade and investment inequality
Human rights violations
Environmental issues
Financial stability

Question 4

How is civil conflict governed?

Answer 4

UN and peacekeeping organisations required
Solves conflicts before they escalate
Contributions from many countries, united

Question 5

How is reduction of poverty governed?

Answer 5

Intervention required from rich, foreign governments

World Banks/IMF involved, aid, NGOs

Question 6

How is trade and investment inequality governed?

Answer 6

WTO settle trade disputes between countries
Ensures global trade runs smoothly
Allows trade between all countries

Question 7

How are human rights violations governed?

Answer 7

UN needed to settle, court of human rights
Global human rights required for continuity
Prevents exploitation, slavery, inequality

Question 8

How are environmental issues governed?

Answer 8

UN climate programme, IPCC etc
Creates global task force, untied
Ensures equality in actions

Question 9

How is financial instability governed?

Answer 9

Organisation required to oversee global economy
Financial markets interconnected
World Bank, IMF, financial regulators

Question 10

What are issues with the UN regarding global governance?

Answer 10

It can work to promote growth and sustainability but also exacerbate inequality and injustice

Question 11

What is fundamental to understanding global governance?

Answer 11

Interactions between the local, regional, national, international and global scales

Question 12

Why are NGOs often more successful in reducing inequalities than global political organisation?

Answer 12

They provide a constant stream of funding
Responsive in terms of community needs
Work on a national as well as local scale
Funds are direct

Question 13

Norms vs International law

Answer 13

Norms- accepted behaviour in a country, different between countries- e,g., women previously not being allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia
Globalisation has increased global norms
International laws- legally binding for member countries. e.g following the Universal Declaration of Human rights in UN
However, a country can not follow an international law if it isn’t in the agreement or leaves
Consensus of member countries often needed to decide international laws