soci 2265 ch 11 global social policy arena and the world bank

global governance definition (commission global governance 1995

“sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, publoc and private, manage their common affiars”

global governance definition (griffin 2010)

understanding structures, mechanisms, and processes of collective global decison-making

global governance definition

global governance is the effort to manage global problems, collectively through cooperation, negotiattion, and sometimes regulation across national borders

key featutres of global governance

-it isn’t a world government, but rahter a complex and decentralized system.

-involves multiple transactional factors: UN, world bank, IMF, WTO, NGOs, multinational corporations, and regional bodies like the EU or AU

-claims to address global such as climate chang, inequality, pandemics, migration, conflict, and economic instability.

-often reflects competing interests and power imbalances, especially between richer and poorer nations

key global challenges for policy makers

-economic stbaility and growth

-inequalities in wealth, food, energy, technology

-population changes and movement

-environment and climate change

-lgobal health

-war. terrorism and crime

why do we need global governance?

interdependent global problem, suhc as climate change, pandemics, poverty and inewuality, migration and conflict

visions od global governance

un developmeent programe 1999: global citizenship, equity, sustainability

townsend 1999: international welfare state, global taxation, univeral social insurance

key global policy actors

-united nations (un)

-world bank

-international monetary fund (imf)

-world trade organization (wto)

-non-governmental organizations (ngos)

-multinational corportations