Detailed notes explaining the challenges governments face, global governance, treaties, norms, laws, the institutions involved in global governance, the role of flows of people, money, ideas and technology in geopolitical intervention, and the consequences of global governance of sovereignty and te...
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The Role and Effectiveness of Global Governance in Conflict
What Challenges do Governments Face?
Causes of Conflict Examples of Conflict
Contested territory e.g. fighting over natural
Pakistan and India – Kashmir and Indus conflicts
resources
Separatism (a group of people wanting to be
Basque County
separate/independent from the main country)
IS in Syria/Iraq and their claim for a cross-border
caliphate
Movement across borders by terrorists/extremists
The Taliban across the Durand Line border of
Pakistan/Afghanistan
Partition of ethnic groups resulting from arbitrary
Kurdistan
borders created by colonialism
TNCs have a sense of power which exceeds that of
Shell and the Nigerian government
the Government
Supremacy of EU law Brexit
Caliphate – a territory under the leadership of an Islamic steward known as a caliph
What is Global Governance?
Global Governance – the intervention by the global community to regulate issues such as human rights,
sovereignty and territorial integrity
It can encompass all types of intervention:
Economic Education
Military Reinforcement of norms, laws and treaties
Humanitarian aid
The effectiveness of global governance depends on the interaction, cooperation and coordination of all
organisations involved at every single level
What are Treaties, Laws and Norms?
Norms – accepted moral principles, customs and ways of life which are universally accepted as standard
behaviour
Some norms of behaviour are international and fixed in treaties which have become international law,
covering a wide range of subjects such as:
Human rights The environment
Disarmament The regulation of global commons
Refugees
Treaty – an international agreement in written for by 2 or more states. It is governed by international law and
intended to create a legal obligation
International Law – body of law that governs international relations between states and nations, and provides
the framework for the obligations of states to be maintained, e.g. the UN Charter is an instrument of
international law
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