GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Flashcards
these are collective actions taken to establish
international institutions and norms to deal with
national and global issues
global governance
give examples of national and global issues
climate change
pollution
climate change
corruption
unemployment
malnourishment and hunger
violence
lack of education
it is a process of cooperative leadership that brings
together national governments, multilateral
public agencies, and civil society to achieve
commonly accepted goals
global governance
according to boughton & bradford (2007)’s definition of global governance, what does global governance bring together to achieve commonly accepted goals?
national governments, multilateral public agencies, and civil society
it is a broad, dynamic and complex process of interactive decision-making at the global level that
involves formal and informal mechanisms as well as
governmental and non-governmental bodies
global governance
is the idea of all of the humankind united under one common political authority.
based on the centralization of authority in a supranational body which would possess
legislative and executive power
world government
two types of models of world government
unitary model
federal model
a ‘cosmopolis’ or world state would enjoy a monopoly of the legitimate use of force and establish a strictly
hierarchical world order
unitary model
a central authority would be vested with autonomous
authority over the rule of law and the maintenance of
order, while the constituent units (previously states)
retained control over local and domestic matters
federal model
this is the existence of an authority that is higher than that of the nationstate and capable of imposing its will on it.
it transfers sovereignty and decision-making authority
from constituent states to an international or regional
organization
supranationalism
refers to interaction among states which takes
place on the basis of sovereign independence
intergovernmentalism
what are examples of intergovernmentalism
treaties or alliances, bilateral agreements between
states.
what are other forms of intergovernmentalism
leagues or confederations
league of nations
OPEC
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
this is a process that coordinates behaviour among three or more countries on the basis of generalized principles of conduct
multilateralism
what are the principles of multilateralism
non-discrimination
indivisibility
diffuse reciprocity