GEOG 3490 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Global Environmental Politics, World Tourism Organization, North American Free Trade Agreement
3 Dec 2013
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European union, imf, wto, greenpeace, etc are examples of globalized political organization. Three types of global" political institutions: supranational, transnational, and international non-governmental. Supranational institutions have both degree of political integration between states and transcending power of individual national states: developed in 1945 period, e. g. Imf, world bank, eu, unwto and un: impose structural adjustments policies (such as poverty reduction. Transnational institutions are composed of bodies other than governments: e. g. World travel and tourism council (wttc), unwti: wttc goal to increase growth and job creation through open markets, deregulation, liberalization, etc, also pursue sustainable development through environmental initiatives, mainly centred in first world. Ingos and ngos: ingos include amnesty internation, greenpeace and friends of the. Globalization and sustainability are globally within the reach of countries, and though they are interpreted differently, there is a shared meaning of these terms and their implications for change.
