Global systems and governance (1.11-1.18)

Question 1

what is global governance

Answer 1

• global governance refers to the collective decision making and management of issues that affect people across the world

Question 2

What are the global actors in globalisation?

Answer 2

• National Governments
• TNCs
• international organisations

Question 3

What are actions which global actors can take?

Answer 3

• proactive
  > to lobby and contribute to international discussions: UN councils
  >sponsor, facilitate and publicise international issues: UNI Global Union and leading NGOS created Bangladesh accords
  >to sponsor and support the work on NGOs : British and American Tobacco and other brands sponsor anti-smoking NGOS
• reactive
  > respond to global events and offer advice to national governments: WHO offered guidance in containing Ebola
  >compensate and adopt new codes of conduct: paid compensation and emergency aid after the Rana Plaza building collapsed
  > legislate and invest in international initiatives, and laws: UK Governments support for renewable energy sources is in part of EUs laws on power sources

Question 4

what are the norms, laws and institutions in terms of global governance

Answer 4

• norms are the shared values and expectations that govern behaviour
• laws are formal rules that must be followed
• institutions are the formal organisations that are established to facilitate discussion, cooperation and decision making between countries

Question 5

what is sovereignty

Answer 5

• its the authority of a state to govern itself

Question 6

what are intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)

Answer 6

• they are international institutions that are set up by 2 or more sovereign states to collaborate in tackling a particular issue

Question 7

why would countries ‘pool their sovereignty’

Answer 7

• As a result of globalisation, the world has become more interconnected and interdependent, meaning that countries frequently have interests that extend beyond their national borders

Question 8

the UN is an example of an IGO, give some facts about the UN

Answer 8

• The UN has 193 member states
• set up in 1945 to promote cooperation and maintain peace
• its made up of several organisations including the general assembly, the security council ect…

Question 9

What are the key gaps in global governance according to the CIGI?

Answer 9

• the gaps impede progress in the global economy, security, development, and the environment
• Jurisdictional gap: increase need for the global governance in many areas, and lack of authority with the power to take action
• Incentive gap: gap between the need for international cooperation and the motivation to undertake it
• participation gap: international cooperation remains primarily the affair of governments leaving civil society groups on the fringes of policy making

Question 10

What are inequalities and injustices in global governance according to the CIGI?

Answer 10

• environmental governance involves so many agencies and agreements that duplication and incoherence is restricting progress
• the need to collaboration to improve amount the G20, OECD, IMF if international and jurisdiction and regulation of finance and capital flows are to improve
• there are ‘no rules of the game’ existing to deal with the unsustainable debt burdens of some sovereign states
• no agency is tasked with thinking about new and emerging long-term trends in agriculture and food security
• the need for better coordination to deal with epidemics and vaccine stockpiling

Question 11

What is a global commons?

Answer 11

• a part of the planet that fall outside national jurisdictions an to which all nations have access

Question 12

What are the four global commons?

Answer 12

• high seas
• atmosphere
  -Northern and Southern regions
• outer space