lesson 15-global governance

Question 1

what is global governance?

Answer 1

the ‘collective management of the planet’

Question 2

what are actors, and what are the different types of what they do

Answer 2

-National governments, TNCs, international organisations
work together for global governance to be effective

reactive-addressing an issue before it becomes a crisis

proactive-acting to avoid having an issue in the first place

Question 3

what is a norm
-how does it effect global governance

Answer 3

accepted standards of behavior
e.g. the right to freedom of speech
-not everyone has the same norms so makes gg complex

Question 4

what are laws

Answer 4

rules established that are legally binding
e.g. human rights

Question 5

what are institutions

Answer 5

political and legal insitutions
e.g. UN,WTO

Question 6

what is the history of the 8 millennium goals

Answer 6

holistic (as a whole) and global approach to measuring and tackling development changes
-agreed at UN summit in 2000, aimed to achieve by 2015
-replaced by the ‘17 sustainable development goals’ ,with aims to achieve by 2030

Question 7

what is the history of the 17 sustainable development goals

Answer 7

installed in 2015
‘participating development’
works with communities at threat- bottom up
-involves women more-engender development

Question 8

what is the jurisdictional gap?

Answer 8

gap between increasing need for global governance and the lack of authority with the power to take action

Question 9

what is the incentive gap?

Answer 9

gap between the need for international cooperation and the motivation to undertake it. This is closing as globalisation provides motivation for cooperation

Question 10

what is the participation gap

Answer 10

international cooperation remains mainly in the hands of governments, leaving civil society groups at the edge pf policy making
-however, globalisation of communication is facilitating the development

Question 11

what is the general assembly?

Answer 11

where all member states of the UN meet to discuss problems
-closest thing we have to a world parliament
-every country has one vote

Question 12

what are the United Nations’ greatest successes and failures in terms of maintaining world peace

Answer 12

+benefitted international relations- since inception there hasnt been any world conflicts - supported nuclear disarment

-powerful military states have ignored the UN e.g. soviet union and china
-more nuclear powers

Question 13

what is a veto power
-how often have Russia (+why), and the UK used their veto powers

Answer 13

a legal power to unilaterally stop an official action
Russia-120 times
-inc. vetoing resolutions for UN assistance within Ukraine
UK-20 times