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What are some downsides to IGOS and NGOS:

1.       NGOS are more often comprised of rich individuals that value money over helping the world

2.       IGOS in particular because they focus on such a large group of countries they often become timid is making hard decisions that conflict the ideal of their members

3.       World Bank

a.       “Strings attached”

b.       Preconditioned loan requirements

c.       Washington Consensus

d.       Beijing consensus

4.       Neo-Colonialism

5.       Cultural

6.       Social

Global governance (W/W):

a.       How is power used?

b.       Who uses the power?

c.       How complex is the system?

d.       How has the configuration of power changed over time?

What is Global Govs?

-            Everything = nothing

-            Essentially contested subject

-            Evolved in 1990s

Murphy:

1.       Non-system

2.       Geography

3.       Industrial revolution

Int’l Law

-            Primary rules – what you can’t or must do

-            Secondary rules – how primary rules are created

-            Problems

-            Imprecise

-            Created out of self interest

-            Weak enforcement (non-exist) - power matters

Int’l Law

-            Hard vs. soft law

o   Hard law: often strict and more concrete

o   Soft law: Aspirational goals

-            Customary Int’l law

o   Softer than soft law, customs of past actions by states

o   Example: diplomatic immunity

-            Norms