global systems and global governance Flashcards
examples of global governance (10 cards)
importance of global governance
- international agreements must be made to avoid financial crisis
- international efforts sometimes required to protect citizens from human rights violations perpetrated by a nation state
- increasing homogenisation of the world, through globalisation
- when a response needed for an issue that is impacting more than one state/region
human rights violation: coronavirus - facts
- outbreak started Wuhan, China (December 2019)
- spread quickly as an epidemic (through one nation / region)
- WHO expected to declare the virus a pandemic by end of Feb 2020
- virus originated from a seafood market that sold contaminated bat meat
coronavirus human rights violation - examples
- anti- Chinese xenophobia (certain tags existing in France on Twitter)
- access to healthcare and medical facilities and professionals struggling to keep up with the outbreak, therefore people being mistreated / ineffectively treated
- failure to prohibit private and public entities from destroying or contaminating the food
- early censorship and suppression of information meant the Chinese government pushed the WHO to prevent them declaring a ‘global health emergency’ (controlling news coverage, ban to record footage in hospitals)
global governance and coronavirus
- xenophobia triggered by the virus has triggered racism around the world
- global effort to suppress the virus will reduce threat of virus significantly faster than individual national efforts
- cancellation of aircraft and trade between countries requires cooperation between multiple states
- Chinese government has committed human rights violations with have threatened the Chinese quality of life
- coronavirus poses a threat to people globally : no longer the responsibility of just one nation / state.
global governance factors in the coronavirus pandemic
the WHO working closely with global experts, governments and partners to rapidly expand scientific knowledge
track the spread and provide advice to countries on how to protect their citizens
international community has lancuhed a US$675 million preparedness and response plan covering months February to April
how has global governance elevated the issue
WHO is ignoring the Chinese government suppression of human rights regarding the outbreak.
Chinese state media are citing the WHO to defend its policies and try to silence criticism of its response to the outbreak, which has included rights violations that could make the situation worse.
how has global governance elevated the issue
- local authorities publicly announced no new cases recorded between 3-16 January in lead up to major Communist party meeting to suppress ‘bad news’.
- despite early evidence of human-to-human transmission when medical staff became infected, this information was not relayed to the public for weeks.
- hardly a ‘commitment to transparency’
THE GREEK BAILOUT
- refers to Greek Government debt crisis which followed the 2007 financial crisis
- from 2009, Greece had to take out loans from the IMF and receive money from the EU
- first time a developed country taken money from the IMF in a loan
global governance tackles…
- financial instability
- civil war
- climate change
- global poverty
- human rights violations
POSSIBLE QUESTION:
‘to what extent has global governance been successful at addressing global issues’. (20 marks)
INTRODUCTION - global governance refers to the various processes through which decision-making and cooperation at a global level is facilitated, operating through systems of regulation. global governance is important as we move into a world of increasing globalisation through economies, trade and technologies. thus, the major issue we face today are global in nature. the extent to which global governance can solve the worlds economic, political and environmental issues is highly debated. this essay will argue that despite some success, efforts of global governance often fall short of expectation. firstly…
