Contemporary Global Governance

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How is the world governed even in the absence of a world government in order to produce norms, codes of conduct and regulatory, surveillance and compliance instruments?

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GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

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“the sum of laws, norms, policies and institutions that
define, constitute and mediate trans-border relations
between states, cultures, citizens, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the market – the wielders and the objects of the exercise of international public power.”

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GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

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• purposeful systems of rules or norms that ensure order beyond what occurs “naturally”

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Governance

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is a rules-based order without government.

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Global governance

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IGO means:

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

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an entity created by treaty, involving two or more nations, to work in good faith, on issues of common interest.

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IGO

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Under the IGO

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–The Treaty of Versailles
–The League of Nations
–The United Nations

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Powers of IOs (Barnett & Finnemore, 2004):

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• The power of classification
• The power to fix meanings
• The power to diffuse norms

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• the power to classify and categorize various aspects of international relations.

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Classification

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defining and fixing meanings related to international norms, standards, and legal frameworks.

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Fix Meanings

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diffuse norms and promote standards of behavior among their member states and the broader international community.

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Diffuse Norms

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After the Second World War, 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards
and human rights.

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THE UNITED NATIONS

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• During the San Francisco Conference, the United Nations Charter was signed

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June 26, 1945

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The foundational treaty of the UN

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UN Charter

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The UN was founded on:

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October 24, 1945

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The P5’s Veto Power are:

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China, France, Russia, UK, US

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How many countries are member states?

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193 current member states, two observer states: Vatican City, Palestine

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• To keep peace throughout the world;
• To develop friendly relations among nations;
• To help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy,
  and to encourage respect for each other’s rights and freedoms;
• To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations to achieve these goals.

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UN Charter

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Six Principal Organs:

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General Assembly
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
Trusteeship Council (Inactive)
International Court of Justice
Secretariat

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It is the main deliberative policymaking and representative organ

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General Assembly

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For the maintenance of international peace and security

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Security Council

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The principal body for coordination, policy review, and dialogue and recommendations on economic, social, and environmental issues.

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Economic and Social Council

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To provide international supervision to trust territories

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Trusteeship council (inactive)

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The principal judicial organ of the United Nations

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International Court of Justice

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Secretariat international staff working in duty stations around the world- carries out diverse day-to-day work of the organization

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Secretariat

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* Managing Knowledge * Developing Norms * Formulating Recommendations * Institutionalizing Ideas

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The UN’s Comparative Advantage

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* International cooperation and law as more effective than isolated efforts * Non-state actors (both civil society and market-oriented ones) were recognized as growing in importance and reach

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TWENTY FIRST CENTURY’S CHALLENGES

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Former UN secretary-general (____) - - “problems without passports

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Kofi Annan

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* Accommodating diverse perspectives * Respecting sovereignty * Power imbalance – P5’s Veto Powers

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TWENTY FIRST CENTURY’S CHALLENGES

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anchors itself upon jurisdictional claims over land and peoples

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State

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generates identity and loyalty

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Nation

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would be a sovereign territory with a group of individuals who share a common history.

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Nation-State

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(1) internal crises of the nation-state which have made the state open to being undermined by globalization; (2) aspects of economic, political, and cultural globalization that usurp the nation-state; and (3) problems which are global and affect the relevance and efficacy of the nation-state by requiring global solutions.

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The Decline of the Nation-State

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can be seen to undermine the legitimacy and effectiveness of the nation-state, such that in the context of globalization, this leaves an opening for new forms and alternatives to it.

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internal crises

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Governments have to pursue policies that will attract mobile capital or will stop it from leaving…thus, with globalization, state policies have to be more subservient to the needs of business.

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Mobility of capital

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“Capital had ‘voice’ but now has more power of ‘exit’”

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Economic Globalization:

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With globalization, cultures become more complex and less clear-cut. The national identity that states appeal to for legitimation – as the national government for the national people –undermines the nation-state.

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Globalized Culture:

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Power is diffused amongst states and international organizations of governmental and non-governmental kinds.

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Political Institutions

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Global social problems push towards the constitution of politics from national to global levels.

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global problems

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“No one nation acting alone can solve the problem because it is caused so internationally.”

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global problems

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the power and autonomy of nation-states varies considerably

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Nation-state powers

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nation-states are amongst the key agencies that have created globalization and are constitutive elements in it

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Nation-states as globalizers

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globalization is leading people to search for security in an insecure world, which can often mean holding on to national identity and the state apparatus that goes with it.

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The nation-state as transformed not undermined