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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Global Governance

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Chapter 15 looks ahead to the future of international relations: With the progress that has already occurred in terms of global governance, is it possible that international anarchy can be overcome? Liberals are particularly inclined to think so. They point to the steady advance of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), arguing that global civil society is slowly but surely establishing international order. Realist perspectives on the other hand, contend that burgeoning NGOs and IGOs represent merely one more arena in which the struggle for power must occur. And identity perspectives, finally, hinge the future of the global civil society on the ideas that comprise it. Only if tolerance, secularism, and democracy prevail, they contend, can there be any future for global governance.

Study Questions


  1. What is the difference between NGOs and IGOs? Give examples of each.


  2. What are the functions of the ICC and the ICJ? What are their differences and similarities?


  3. What is neofunctionalism? How does it apply to the EU?