Chapter 6 - Introduction to Global Studies by John McCormick

A condition in which organized government is absent. Anarchists argue that governments are unnecessary and harmful, and favour self-governed societies based on voluntary associations.

The sum of the many ways in which collective decisions are made and implemented, with or without the input of formal institutions.

The accumulation of institutions, processes, agreements, procedures, norms and actions that help us address transboundary needs and problems.

An informal or formal set of rules and procedures that define practices, assign roles, and guide interactions.

A set of rules, norms, institutions and agreements surrounding a given issue and around which the expectations of interested actors converge.

The set of rules governing relations among states, and consisting of a combination of customs and formal agreements.

An agreement between or among states that holds them responsible for upholding specified principles or meeting specified goals and deadlines.

A body set up to promote cooperation between or among states, with either governments or non-governmental actors as members.

A body that promotes or facilitates cooperation among states, and consists of state members.

A body charged with monitoring the application of an international treaty, and with encouraging negotiations among signatory states.

Institutions that are not part of the structure of states (although they may have state members) but that influence policy, whether at the local, national, international or global level.

A body that works to encourage international cooperation through the work of non-state members such as individuals or private associations.

A private enterprise that has facilities and income-generating assets in two or more countries, managing its global activities from its home state.

The arena within which citizens engage with one another to address problems of shared concern, reflected at the global level in the features of global civil society.

A theory/model based on the idea that key cooperative decisions among states are made as a result of negotiations among representatives of those states.