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The document discusses contemporary global governance, highlighting the shift from traditional nation-state models to a multipolar world influenced by non-state actors and regional alliances. It emphasizes the role of organizations like the United Nations and the G20+ in addressing global challenges and facilitating cooperation among diverse stakeholders. The rise of non-state actors has transformed governance dynamics, allowing for more efficient problem-solving beyond state-centric approaches.

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The document discusses contemporary global governance, highlighting the shift from traditional nation-state models to a multipolar world influenced by non-state actors and regional alliances. It emphasizes the role of organizations like the United Nations and the G20+ in addressing global challenges and facilitating cooperation among diverse stakeholders. The rise of non-state actors has transformed governance dynamics, allowing for more efficient problem-solving beyond state-centric approaches.

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GROUP 1

Presented by: Eron Nuevas


John Lee Pascual
Mark Jayson Quejada
Contemporary Global
Governance
Content

What is Global Governance?


The Uncertainty of the Sovereign Territorial
State or Nation-state
The elements of the notion of "nation-state"
The Rise of Non-State Actors
The United Nations
The G20+ and a New Framework for Global
Cooperation
What is Global Governance?
Global governance is the capacity within the international system, at
any given moment, to provide government-like services and public
goods in the absence of a world government. It is the combination of
informal and formal ideas, values, rules, norms, procedures,
practices, policies, and organizations that help all actors-states,
IGOs, civil society and NGOS, TNCS, and individuals-identify,
understand, and address transboundary problems. At its simplest,
global governance is a set of questions that enable us to work out
how the world is, was, and could be governed, and how changes in
grand and not-so-grand patterns of governance occurred, are
occurring, and ought to occur (Weiss, 2013).
Today, a gross disconnect is apparent between the nature of a
growing number of contested global problems (i.e., climate
change, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
terrorism, mass atrocities, financial volatilities, cyber threats,
transnational crime, and pandemics) and the political
structures for international problem-solving and decision-
making. This is because of the traditional and age-old political
structures which have been in existence for centuries.
The Uncertainty of the Sovereign Territorial State or
Nation-state
Since the end of the Cold War, the world is heading toward a less centralized form
of governance. As the United States is facing serious setbacks in the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, many emerging powers such as China, Russia, and Brazil have
formed regional alliances to create a multipolar and anti-hegemonic order. This
development is being referred to as the beginning of "the post-American world" in
which the United States retreats and the rest of the world advances in economic
power and political influence (Zakaria, 2008).

This is in unambiguous contrast to the kind of political entity which determined our
lives: the sovereign territorial state or "nation-state." In fact, most Western
countries have lived under this kind of state since the late 18th century or possibly
earlier. This kind of state has become the universal framework of social
development.
Elements of the notion of "nation-state"
a. Continuous and broken territory (preferred)

b. Sovereign territory

c. The state has the monopoly both of law and of the powers of coercion.

d. The national state rules its citizens or subjects directly and not through intermediate
authorities.

e. Direct government and administration of inhabitants by the central authorities of the


"nation-state"

f. The state is considered to represent the people and the people serves as a source of
sovereignty or at least give the state legitimacy.

g. The citizenry was or ought to form a homogenous population (Hobst, 1996)


However, the rigidity interposed by this age-old kind of setup has been disregarded
several times in worldwide events: disintegration of the Soviet Union, rise of transnational
entities within states, global problems requiring global action, Nowadays, the state's powers
and functions have been undermined by Supranational and infra-national forces, as well
as what can be described as the withdrawal of its inhabitants from citizenship.

These supranational forces have weakened the state in three ways:


1.)The creation of a supranational economy wherein the transactions are largely
uncontrolled by states, resulting to the restriction of states to direct national economies.

2.) Rise of regional or global institutions, such as European Union, ASEAN, UN to which
individual countries defer either because they are too small to engage in erective
competition international competition or because their economies are so weak.

3.) Territorial borders had been made largely irrelevant by technological revolution in
transport and communications.
The Rise of Non-State Actors
A huge rise of non-state actors resulted from the occurrence above mentioned.
These international organizations in the public and private sectors are set with
higher objectives and goals to participate in global governance and improving
lives. This rise also created a new landscape and new architectures of global
governance wherein multi-sector partnerships are present, such as transnational
businesses. Further, the loose structures of these organizations allow more
efficient courses of action than the bureaucracies of nations or states can attain.

The growth of non-state actors has meant more diversity in potential players
and partners. The proliferation of actors that are legitimately representing
stakeholders and contributing concretely to contemporary global problem-solving
means that we have come a long way from the state-centric model of traditional
international relations. The proliferation of non-state actors has ushered in an
age of global partnerships between private and public bodies on specific issue
(Welss, 2015).
The United Nations
One important example of a non-state actor, an international government
organization (IGO) playing a vital role in the world's affairs, is the United Nations (UN).
The United Nations is an IG0 designed to make the enforcement of international law,
security, human rights, economic development, and social progress easier for countries
around the world.

The UN today is divided into five branches:

1.) The UN General Assembly-is the main decision-making and representative assembly
and is responsible for upholding the principles of the UN through its policies and
recommendations. It is composed of all member states and headed by a president elected
by the member states.

2.) The UN Security Council can authorize the deployment of UN member states
militaries, can mandate a cease-fire during conflicts, and can enforce penalties on
countries if they do not comply with given mandates. It is composed of five permanent
members and 10 rotating members.
3.) The International Court of Justice can settle, according to international law, legal
disputes between States and give opinions, mostly advisory, on legal questions brought to it
by UN organs and agencies.

4.) The Economic and Social Council-assists the UN General Assembly in promoting
economic and social development, as well as cooperation of member States.

5..The Secretariat- headed by the 5ecretary-General, provides studies, information, and


other dates when needed by other UN branches for their meetings.
The G20+ and a New Framework for Global Cooperation

As reiterated above, in a globally integrated world economy, the need for


global collective action and stability is almost universally recognized. They
proposed new framework for global economic cooperation, with competent
and accountable coordination body (the G20+) and connected to a
representative global system (the UN), aims to preserve global economic
stability and to ensure that the global economy continues to grow
inclusively to benefit all nations and peoples equitably.
The core functions, structure, membership, and ties to the UN of the G20+
within the wider new framework for global economic cooperation includes
the following integral functions:

1.) Facilitate multi-stakeholder, cross-disciplinary dialogue and policy


solutions.

2.) Promote inclusive economic reform.

3.) Enable global economic crisis response.


THANK YOU!

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