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A FEW REMARKS ABOUT GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

The subject of this article is analysis of the global governance issue. This issue is researched with particular interest in the post-Cold War period. The world after the Cold War is no longer bipolar, which allowed to the acceleration of globalization processes. At the same time there were many difficulties in building a new international order. Aim of this study is to show the complexity of these issues. The paper presents the change in the role of the state, as well as analytical and normative understanding of global governance by referring to the two visions of global order-the Commission of Global Governance and the Group of Lisbon.

DEFINING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE AND EXPLORING ITS ORIGIN IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Harvest (Online); Bi-Annual, ISSN 2456-6551, 2020

The modern sovereign nation-state was born in 1648 as a result of the Westphalian Treaty, after 8 million people died at the end of a thirty-year war. The very concept of nation-state is basically based on the idea of fixed territory and sovereignty. It implies that a State can exercise sovereign power or rule within its territorial boundaries. In such a situation, it is very common for Sates to have conflicts or disputes over border or any other narrow interests. Pacifists spoke of a system to avoid war and to promote good governance everywhere, where all States will be under the same territory and under the same global rule. This is where the concept of global governance came from. However, this idea has not remained unchanged since birth, it has evolved over time to its present form. It is irrefutable that in the current era of globalization, global governance is controlling the world today, against which the notion of sovereignty has been defeated. The following article discusses the nature of global governance as well as attempts to explore its origins in historical context.

The Current State and Prospectives of Global Governance

2014

Global governance consists of a set of institutions, procedures and networks that jointly influence collective decision making (agreements, regulations, specific choices) necessary to tackle global challenges. The need to manage problems of global nature – to govern globally – is generated by globalization processes. Globalization gradually but irreversibly undermines the once-exclusive position of nation states, which (voluntarily or involuntarily) surrender a substantial part of their informal as well as formal decision-making authority to superior international or supranational structures. Regional political and economic organizations, but also non-governmental organizations, the mass media and supranational economic corporations are thus gaining more influence in the international arena. The study focuses on analyzing the position of individual actors in the global governance process. It reaches the conclusion that, despite being so numerous and diverse, the above-mentioned acto...

Global Governance and Its Limitations

2015

Globalization produces an ever deeper contradiction between the development of the current stage of the evolution of the mode of production (the scientific revolution of material production), which is going to unify the world, and the state, the organized power that should govern it and make it so that general interests prevail over the private ones. This contradiction has produced the idea-market fundamentalism-that the global market and civil society can regulate themselves and therefore do not need any public regulation. The financial and economic crisis has defeated this ideology. Global governance is a form of reaction to this idea, since it represents one of the possible ways of extending the sphere of politics to the global level. Its limitations reside in the belief that international cooperation and international organizations can solve every global issue. In fact, executive powers capable of lending binding force to common decisions are lacking at international level. Decision-making procedures tend to favor unanimity and the veto power and neglect the democratic principle of majority decisions. Lastly, non-state actors escape states' control and compete with them for decision-making power at the international level.

Global governance: present and future

Palgrave Communications, 2016

Globalization, the end of the Cold War and increased involvement of non-state actors in global affairs represent fundamentally shifting relations of power, speeding up national economies' integration and contributing to the convergence of policies in different issue domains. This review considers the state of global governance by presenting a variety of global governance arrangements, key challenges facing governance in an increasingly globalized context and possibilities for the future governance. Current global governance arrangements favour flexibility over rigidity, prefer voluntary measures to binding rules and privilege partnerships over individual actions. This synopsis of the state of global governance examines the evolving role that sovereignty and the enduring human struggles for power and equity are playing in shaping international relations and governance. This contribution argues that individual empowerment, increasing awareness of human security, institutional complexity, international power shifts and the liberal world political paradigm will define the future of global governance. This article is published as part of a thematic collection dedicated to global governance.

Global Governance & World Order in the Context of Global Challenges

Global Governance & World Order in the Context of Global Challenges, 2022

Robert Cox's approach to studying global governance and world order explains significant changes and the emergence of the alternative world order, providing significant opportunities for change. I will show this by demonstrating changes in structure that underpin the world order to evaluate how the structures came to be (Cox, 1997). One approach views multilateralism as a derivative of existing states because it is defined as coordinating national policies in more than one state (Garcia & Sál, 2009). The constitution guides all nations on how to lead their states and is essential to global governance and change. Global governance emerged due to the need for new forms in an economically integrated world without overarching political authorities. According to Ravenhill, international organizations play a significant role in global governance. For example, the United Nations has international laws that apply to its member states. Nations' relations are essential for global governance, and all countries should be united to solve most global issues.

Global Governance: The Next Frontier. Egmont Paper, no. 2, April 2004

In the past two decades, globalisation has proven to be not just economic. It is also a political, a cultural and a security phenomenon. Our collective ability to handle all these challenges has not progressed at the same pace as globalisation itself. Today’s rules, instruments and institutions are often inadequate and ineffective to tackle the scale of our challenges, new and old together. Notwithstanding this, serious talk about global governance has been scarce. The very word is sometimes judged divisive. Moreover, after 9/11 world attention seemed to turn to the sole issue of the combat of the threat of terrorism. Global governance suddenly seemed out of sync with today’s anxieties. But neglecting global issues today, spells trouble for tomorrow. No future is inevitable. Ultimately, our kind of future depends on the kind of choices that we are making – or not making – today. The Royal Institute for International Relations set up an informal working group with the aim of drafting...