Global Governance

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the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a Government, the civilian population, or any segment

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terrorism

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is a movement towards political cooperation among transnational actors, aimed at negotiating responses to problems that affect more than one state or region

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global governance

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refers to the rules of making efforts to sustain cooperation in order to address global problems or concerns

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global governance

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is traditionally defined as the set of norms and rules governing the relations between governments or state entities

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international law

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an international agreement concluded between states in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular destination

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treaty

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• rules that are neither strictly binding in nature nor completely lacking legal significance
• refers to the guidelines, policy declarations or codes of conduct which set standards of conduct
• they are not directly enforceable

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soft law

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• established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality
• generally have state members but often other entities can also apply for membership. They make both international law and are governed by it

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international organization

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• is a non-profit, citizen-based group that functions independently of government
• are organized on community, national and international levels to serve specific social or political purposes, and are cooperative, rather than commercial in nature

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non-governmental organization

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BINGO

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business friendly international NGO

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ENGO

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environmental NGO

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GONGO

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government organized NGO

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INGO

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international NGO

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QUANGO

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quasi autonomous NGO

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implicit or explicit principles, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures around which actors’ expectations converge in a given area of international relations

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international regimes

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are more specialized arrangements that pertain to well-defined activities, resources, or geographical areas and often involve only some subset of the members of international society

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regime

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• a global forum/meeting of people and organizations that discusses global governance
• a unique forum bringing together the world’s largest network and nearly every government

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global conference

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exercise of political power by private actors - business and civil-society organizations - to produce decisions that have abiding effects and reduce actors’ autonomy

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private governance