By Jeffrey A. Hart
Gobalization and Governance is an neutral assortment written for researchers and scholars of political technological know-how and diplomacy, foreign political financial system or global politics.
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Two examples can help make this clear. Considerable attention has recently been devoted to the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in monitoring international accords, particularly in the areas of the environment and human rights (for instance, Weiss and Gordenker 1996, Salamon 1994). Far from anomalous, using private groups to gather information and pull “fire alarms” (McCubbins and Schwartz 1984) is standard operating procedure for governments around the world—both in their domestic affairs and foreign relations.
Putnam, Robert D. (1993) Democracy at Work, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Galen Kroeck and William Renforth (1996) “Measuring the Degree of Internationalization: A Comment,” Journal of International Business StudiesV(1):167–77. Reich, Robert B. (1992) The Works of Nation, New York: Vintage Books. Robertson, Roland (1992) Globalization, Social Theory, and Global Culture, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Rodrik, Dani (1997) Has Globalization Gone Too Far? Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics.
He identifies four elements necessary for any governance system: (1) a set of commitments specifying rights and responsibilities, rules and procedures for realizing these commitments; (2) a set of actors to participate in decision-making rules; (3) a set of formal institutions to coordinate activities; and (4) a procedure for adjudicating disagreements. In the absence of epistemic communities, governance in international relations is primarily state-centered. However, in environmental governance there is a powerful global epistemic community that holds governments accountable to new standards of environmental behavior.