The contemporary world

At the end of the course the students should be able to:

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   Define and Explain the Global Governance
   
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   Evaluate the Global Governance and United Nations
   
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   Write a reflection about the importance of Global Governance and United Nations
   

The journey of a nation towards development is not a smooth one. In advancing itself from one level to another problems in technological, economic, cultural and institutional transformation will arise. These problems in the different sectors of the country must be addressed. The state is the frontline of these undertakings. Crises in domestic governance cannot be avoided because the hard truth is "the government is imperfect." These imperfections may come from the management of different institutions or conflicts between the citizens and the representatives of the states. When crises cannot be resolved within the state, global governance may help. Global governance can play a facilitative and constraining role, but it scarcely plays a determinant and predominant role. The authority and the capacity for the latter is vested almost exclusively in domestic public authorities (Weiss and Thakur, 2010).

An example of a facilitative and constraining role is the European Union's stand on President Duterte's war against drugs. It constantly reminds the President that human rights violations are happening in the implementation of his "drug free society" campaign. With the entire Philippine nation as his witness, President Duterte did not heed this call of the European Union. Hestill continue his "OplanTokhang" because he believes that it is for the best interest of the country. The President's defiance in following the international human rights standards may affect trading relations with other state-members of the European Union. Being a member of the United Nations and several regional integration groups, the Philippines is part of the intertwining web of global governance. But what is global governance? Weiss and Thakur (2010) defined global governance as the sum of laws, norms, policies and institutions that define, constitute and mediate relations among citizens, society, markets and the state in the international arena - the wielders and objects of international public power. As mentioned earlier, there is a need for global governance when the state can no longer resolve the crises and problems internally without the mediation of international actors.