GG Flashcards
States under an international order continue to adhere to some global rules, implying that there is some semblance of world order.
Global Governance
The multiple intersecting processes that generate this order are referred to as?
Global Governance
Sources of Global Governance
Treaties, Former organizations o International laws, INGOs, TNCs, Ideas, e.g. “global democracy”
Nations establish treaties and form organizations, enacting public
international law (international standards that regulate relations between states rather than, for example, private enterprises).
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
The term is commonly used to refer to international intergovernmental organizations or groups that are primarily made up of member-states.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Can become influential as independent
organizations
IOs can take on lives of their own
International relations scholars ________________ listed following powers of IOs
Michael N. Barnett and Martha Finnemore
Because IOs, can invent and apply categories, they create…
powerful global standards
For example, it is the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that ______ what a refugee is
defines
Furthermore, since states are required to accept refugees entering their borders, this power to establish identity has concrete effects.
Classification
Have the ability to change the meaning of words
Fix meanings
Various concepts, such as “security” and “development,”
must be clearly defined.
Fix meanings
IOs are seen as _____________ of information for states, organizations, and individuals.
legitimate sources
IOs have the power to
diffuse norms
____ are accepted codes of conduct that may not be strict laws but produce regularity in behavior.
Norms