TCW Flashcards
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“an act, manner, office, or power of governing; government; state of being governed; or method of government or regulation.
New Webster’s International Dictionary
is closely associated with “governing” and
“government”—that is, with political authority,
institutions, and effective control
New Webster’s International Dictionary
is a combination of formal and informal
ideas, values, rules, norms, procedures,
practices, policies, and organizations that
provide better order than if we relied purely
upon formal regulations and structures
New Webster’s International Dictionary
‘the sum of the many ways individuals and
institutions, public and private, manage their
common affairs.
Commission on Global Governance
It is the continuing process through which
conflicting or diverse interests may be
accommodated and co-operative action may be
taken.
Commission on Global Governance
it ‘encompasses the activities of governments, but it
also includes the many otherchannels through
which “commands” flow in the form of goals framed,
directives issued, and policies pursued’.
James Rosenau
is defined as the manner in which power is
exercised in the management of a country’s
economic and social resources.
World Bank
the form of political regime;
* the process by which authority is exercised
in the management of a country’s economic
and social resources for development;
* the capacity of governments to design,
formulate, and implement policies and
discharge functions
Three Distinct Aspects of Governance
as the exercise of economic, political and
administrative authority to manage a country’s
affairs at all levels.
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
It comprises mechanisms, processes and institutions
through which citizens and groups articulate their
interests, exercise their legal rights, meet their
obligations and mediate their differences
UNDP
encompasses the role of public authorities in
establishing the environment in which economic
operators function and in determining the
distribution of benefits as well as the nature of the
relationship between the ruler and the ruled
OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
it comprises the institutions, processes and
conventions in a society which determine how
power is exercised, how important decisions
affecting society are made and how various
interests are accorded a place in such decisions
Institute of Governance, Ottawa
it includes formal institutions and regimes
empowered to enforce compliance, as well as
informal arrangements that people and institutions
either have agreed to or perceive to be in their
interest
Commission on Global Governance
good governance is ensuring respect for human
rights and the rule of law; strengthening democracy;
promoting transparency and capacity in public
administration
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
governance refers to theprocess whereby elements
in society wield power and authority, and influence
and enact policies and decisions concerning public
life, and economic and social development.
* it involves interaction between these formal
institutions and those of civil society
International Institute of Administrative Sciences
refers to the complex set of values, norms,
processes and institutions by which society manages
its development and resolves conflict, formally and
informally.
* It involves the state, but also the civil society (economic
and social actors, community-based institutions and unstructured
groups, the media, etc) at the local, national, regional and
global levels.
* ‘it is a broad, dynamic, complex process
of interactive decision-making that is
constantly evolving and responding to
changing circumstances’
Tokyo Institute of Technology
the collective management of common
problems/issues at the international level.
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
the combination of informal and formal ideas, values,
rules, norms, procedures, practices, policies, and
organizations that often furnish a surprising and
desirable degree of global order, stability, and
predictability if not always—in fact, far too rarely—
fairness
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
it involves transfers of power to global sites and
changes in the mechanisms that determine the exercise
of power.
* refers to ‘government-like’ activities in the international
system performed by a panoply of
constantly_x0002_changing institutions, including
international law, international and regional
organisations, and NGOs.
* is a broader concept than ‘government’. The
Commission on Global Governance defined governance
as ‘the sum of the many ways individuals and
institutions, public and private, manage their common
affairs. It is the continuing process through which
conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated
and cooperative action taken
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
WHY DO WE NEED TO
STUDY GLOBAL
GOVERNANCE?
- it is necessary because humanity increasingly
faces both problems and opportunities that
are global in scale. - transnational problems such as violence and
pandemics routinely reach across borders,
affecting us all. - Effective global governance will allow us to
end armed conflict, deal with new and
emerging problems such as technological risks
and automation, and to achieve levels of
prosperity and progress never before seen
to provide global public goods,
particularly peace and security,
justice and mediation systems
for conflict, functioning
markets and unified standards
for trade and industry.
GOAL OF GLOBAL
GOVERNANCE
FUNCTIONS OF
GLOBAL
GOVERNANCE
Creating an international rule of law
Regulating the global economy and providing
global public goods
Redistribution at the international level
When states fail: a safety net for the most
vulnerable?
Changing the state from the outside
Accountability: any voice for the poor in
global governance?
Global governance can provide a ‘rule of law’ (whether
formally codified or not) at the international level, which can
protect the weak from the strong and provide a stable basis
for the development of international institutions
Creating an international rule of law
is a good that is non-rival. This means:
consumption of the good by one individual does not reduce
the amount of the good available for consumption by others
(EXAMPLE: if I walk under a street light, I do not reduce the
amount of light available to others)
public good