Global Governance

What is Global Governance?

Is a movement towards political

cooperation among transnational
actors, aimed at negotiating
responses to problems that affect
more than one state or region.
• It refers to the rule making efforts to sustain
cooperation in order to address global
problems or concerns.
• As a subject field entrails an interdisciplinary
examination of power and authority in the
global arena and examines the variety of
actors, institutions, ideas, rules, and
processes that contribute to the
management of global society
• Exploring their origins their evolving roles, as
well as their political, economic, social,
environmental, and ethical consequences.
• In addition to considering international
organizations and inter-state interactions,
global governance gives critical focus to
various non- state actors, formal and
informal networks and broader
transnational, supranational, and subnational
realities of contemporary that
increasingly contribute to the

establishment and functioning of
global rules, norms and institutions.
Global Governance
Virtually every important aspect of the
contemporary world is being managed by
certain governmental institutions. The
demand for global governance increases
as states, communities, and individuals
are being exposed to issues and
challenges they alone cannot address.
At the turn of the 20th century, the
ascendancy of the state as the primary
factor in world affairs is increasingly
challenged by the presence of non-state
actors like Intergovernmental
Organizations (IGO’s) and Non-
governmental Organizations (NGO’s).
Intergovernmental Organizations
. Are made up of states established for

single and multiple objectives
. They were powers in making crucial
decisions and coordinating actions in
important policy areas like peace and
security, trade, finance and development
through global collective action.
Intergovernmental organizations, such as
the United Nations, play important roles
in global governance. They develop habits
of global cooperation among states
through regular interactions. Along with
states, IGO’s spearhead the creation and
maintenance of principles, norms and
rules based on collective concerns.
Non-governmantal Organizations
They are generally private, voluntary

organizations whose members are either
individuals or groups gathered for a
common purpose. They act as advocates
for specific policies and offer alternative
forum for political participation. They
mobilize the public in the promotion of
advocacies like health, education, etc.
PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL
GOVERNANCE
• Neo-liberal institutionalists see institutions as
the mediators and means to achieve
cooperation among actors in the system.
regimes increase transparency of states. They
provide confidence building measures to avoid
misperceptions of states' individual intention.
they reduce Transaction costs- the costs of
making and enforcing agreements.
GOVERNANCE
• Shadow of Future - which means that they
provide states idea of Sunk Costs for deviating
from them commitments and compliance.
Lastly, they provide enforcement mechanisms
and norms of reciprocity.
GOVERNANCE
• From a liberalist standpoint, what would
largely explain the relative peace after World
War II up to the contemporary time is regime
governance.
• Collective goods, such as a liberal trade and
financial system, through mechanisms that
dissuade free-riding and raise or internalize
the costs of defection.
The United Nations
. Founded in 1945, the UN was the result

of initiatives taken by governments of the
states that had led the war against
Germany and Japan
. By 2018, there are 193 sovereign state-
members of the UN
. When joining ,member states agreed to
accept the obligations of the UN Charter, an
international treaty that set out the basic
principles of international relations: sovereign
equality of states.
. Only international problems are within UN
jurisdiction, mostly related to peace and
security.
. The UN is the only organization with the
legitimacy that derives from universal
membership, and a mandate that
encompasses security, economic and
social development, the protection of
human rights, and the protection of the
environment,
The Security Council
. This body was given the main

responsibility for maintaining
international peace and security
.Its decisions are binding, and must only
be passed by a majority of 9 out of 15
members.
. When the security council considers a
threat to international peace, it explores
ways to settle the dispute peacefully.
. It may suggest principles for a settlement
or may suggest a mediation.
. In the event of fighting, it tries to secure a
ceasefire.
General Assembly
. All member states are represented in the

General Assembly which meets to
consider the world’s most pressing
problems.
. Its decisions only have the status of
recommendations, rather than binding
decisions.
. Its recommendations are important
indications of global opinion regarding
various issues, affecting not just states but
communities as well as individulas.
Secretariat
. It carries out the substantive and
administrative work of the United
Nations.
. It is led by the secretary-general, who
provides over-all administrative guidance.
. It is empowered to become involved in a
large range of areas involving peace,
including economic, social and
humanitarian problems
Economic and Social Council
. It is intended to coordinate the economic

and social work of the UN.
. It consults with NGO’s, thereby
maintaining a vital link between the UN
and civil society.

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What is Global Governance?

Is a movement towards political

increasingly contribute to the

. Are made up of states established for

They are generally private, voluntary

. Founded in 1945, the UN was the result

. This body was given the main

. All member states are represented in the

. It is intended to coordinate the economic

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