POLB81H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: World Social Forum, World Economic Forum, Security Dilemma
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World economic forum: article on this website http://www. nytimes. com/2013/01/19/world/europe/19iht- letter19. html?ref=worldeconomicforum&_r=0. This article is an instant of institutionalism because different states come together to talk about the global issues. They"re talking to the leaders of imf and their reconstruction of their policies. It"s an instant of institutionalism of global governance to keep economics stable. States are having trust in their institutions to make the rules. The states have given the imf the authority to deal with issues. Elites and expertise are the imf experts on economic stability. It could be an instant of transnationalism of private actors which tries to influence global governance. Third instant is conflict of tools and purposes within global governance. We have to remember that global governance is a political set of dynamics. People will see these regulations and they"re going to push their incentives too. Imf might be hurting the people and helping global banks. There are lobbying groups to stop imf to grow.