SOCIOL 2 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Global Governance, Westphalian Sovereignty, Nationstates
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In a nation-state, if an individual violates a law, law enforcement steps in. There is no world army - nation-states maintain the monopoly on the use of force, international military intervention uses national militaries. National sovereignty remains strong norm international political actors cannot simply intervene in countries" affairs. All this makes enforcement of global laws often very difficult. Human rights treaties often act as window-dressing, with countries continuing to violate human rights despite signing/ratifying them. But that doesn"t mean they are inconsequential. Hr treaties can help produce local change by: Helping create national laws that can be more easily. Global governance is asymmetric in many ways. Only a handful of countries have permanent seats. Global civil society is dominated by people and organizations based in rich western countries. The uneven geography of global civil society. On average, greater numbers of international ngos and transnational social movements originate from within wealthy western countries .
