Global Governance, Multi-Actor Cooperation, and Civil Society

• Chiara Pierobon ^[1]
  1. [1] Bielefeld University

     Bielefeld University

     Kreisfreie Stadt Bielefeld, Alemania

     
• Localización: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions / Walter Leal Filho (ed. lit.), Anabela Marisa Azul (ed. lit.), Luciana Brandli (ed. lit.), Amanda Lange Salvia (ed. lit.), Pinar Gökcin Özuyar (ed. lit.), Tony Wall (ed. lit.), 2020, ISBN 978-3-319-71066-2
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• Resumen

  • Global Governance (from here onward GG) is not only poorly done but also poorly understood (Murphy 2000). As a matter of fact, due to the variety of its (sometimes even inconsistent) manifestations, the concept is not easy to grasp. The difficulty in coming up with a comprehensive definition of GG goes back to the confusion surrounding both the adjective global and the term governance. On the one hand, ambiguity characterizes the use of global since it is not clear whether this adjective is employed as a synonym for international, interstate, intergovernmental, or transnational or it signifies something else (Finkelstein 1995: 367). Similarly, the word governanceis nowadays used in a variety of contexts and meanings that go beyond its original sense. Overall, Biermann and Pattberg describe contemporary governance through the three main features: (1) the emergence of new types of agency and of actors in addition to national governments; (2) the emergence of new mechanisms...