4. Global governance refers to
institutions that coordinate the
behavior of transnational actors,
facilitate cooperation, resolve
disputes, and alleviate collective action
problems. Global governance broadly
entails making, monitoring, and
enforcing rules.
Global governance
5. What are the main institutions of
global governance?
6. Beyond the UN, other institutions with a
global mandate play an important role in
global governance. Of primary importance
are the so-called Bretton Woods institutions:
the World Bank and the IMF, whose function
is to regulate the global economy and credit
markets.
8. international law
International law, is the set of rules, norms,
and standards generally recognized as
binding between states. It establishes
normative guidelines and a common
conceptual framework for states across a
broad range of domains, including war,
diplomacy, economic relations, and human
rights.
9. international norms or soft law
The term "soft law" refers to quasi-
legal instruments which do not have
any legally binding force, or whose
binding force is somewhat weaker
than the binding force of traditional
law. Soft law is often contrasted to
"hard law".
10. international organization
An international organization is one that includes
members from more than one nation. Some
international organizations are very large, such as
business corporations. Others are small and
dedicated to a specific purpose, such as
conservation of a species. Intergovernmental
Organizations.
11. NGO
nongovernmental organization (NGO),
voluntary group of individuals or
organizations, usually not affiliated with
any government, that is formed to
provide services or to advocate a public
policy.
12. International regime
International regimes are defined as a
“set of implicit or explicit principles,
norms, rules, and decision-making
procedures around which actors'
expectations converge” (Krasner, 1983).
13. PRIVATE GOVERNANCE
Private governance can be defined as
the phenomenon of private actors
pursuing public goals and interests in
the exercising of traditional state
functions in the forms of rulemaking,
implementation and dispute
resolution.
14. INTERNATIONAL
AGREEMENTS
Are treaties signed by a number of states
establish global rules of conduct. States
that break these rules are called rogue
states (North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Syria)