Introductory Framework on Governance

  • Definition of the Notion of Governance
  • Governance and the Diffusion of Power and Authority
  • Institutional Reconfigurations in the New World Order and the Expansion of the Idea of Governance
  • Mutations of the Nation-State Model: Transformation of the Modes of Functioning of the Nation-State: Delegation, Authority, Territory, Rights, Sovereignty…

Governance and Related Notions: The Minimalist State or the Limits of State Action, Beyond the State, Beyond Sovereignty, the Public and Private Spheres, the Return of the State, Public-Private Relations in the Provision of Public Services, Quangos/Quasi-Autonomous Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations/Hybrid Institutions, Self-Governance, Lawmakers, Policymakers, Private and Public Regulators.

Implications for Governance–State/Government Relations: Transnationalization of Authority, Territory, Rights and Sovereignty; Evolution of the Authority Structure: The Public and Private Dimensions of Governance; The National, Sub-National and Transnational Dimensions of Governance.

  • Public and Corporate Actors: Regulation and Governance: State, ANE, Hybrid Governance Bodies, International Organizations, Transnational Corporations.
  • Evolution of the Notion of Society: Society in the Era of the Welfare State; Civil Society in the Current Era of Governance and Market.
  • Governance and Networks
  • Governance in International Relations: Contemporary Power Formations

Forms of Governance

  • Political Foundations of Governance
  • Conceptual Definition of Political Governance and Economic Governance and Their Relations with Public and Corporate Governance.
  • Non-Public Governance or Market-Led Modes of Governance: Regulatory Self-Governance or Self-Regulatory Governance.
  • Multi-Level or Multi-Scale Governance, Stakeholders or Multi-Stakeholders: Governance and the Transnationalization of Public and Private Actors in Global Affairs.

State, Decentralization and Governance: Delegation of Competencies to the Sub-National Level; Local/Territorial Governance; Cross-Border Cooperation or Cross-Border/Territorial Governance; Territorial Development or Decentralized Governance.

Independent Regulatory Bodies: Conceptual Frameworks, Institution Building, Modes of Diffusion and Legitimization, Roles, Areas of Intervention.

Political Orientations and Institutional Foundations of Governance: Democratization, Autonomy, Liberalization, Accountability, Anti-Corruption, Good Governance, Democratic Governance, Governability, Responsibility, Rule of Law, Ombudsman/Human Rights Defender, Corporate Social Responsibility, Standardization, Homogenization, Harmonization, Innovation, Flexible Governance/Coordination, Self-Governance/Self-Government.

Governance and Partnership

Partnership Approaches: Anglo-American School and the French/Francophone School.

Rhetoric of Three-Sector Partnerships or Tri-Sectoral Partnerships: G/E + IO + P = PPP > AB + CSO + P = PPP > G/E + P + CSO = PPP > P + AB/IO + G/E = PPP: G/E = State/Government; IO = International Organizations; AB = Bilateral Agencies; IO = Multilateral Organizations; CSO = Civil Society Organizations; PPP = Public-Private Partnership; P = Private Sector; TNCs = Transnational Corporate Sector; B2B = Business-to-Business Partnership; GPGPP = Global Public Goods Partnership; UN-Business; UN-GC = UN Global Compact; P-GPG = Philanthropy – Global Public Goods; GPG-NIOH = Global Public Goods Governance – New Hybrid International Organizations (public service but private, private origin but assuming roles of authority in global public affairs).

  • Redefinition of Roles Between the Public and Private Sectors Within New Forms of Partnership and Governance.
  • Transnational Societies and the Notion of Partnership
  • Public and Private Partnership (PPP): Conceptual Frameworks, Policy Modeling
  • Governance and Public-Private Partnership/G-PPP
  • Governance-PPP = G-PPP and the Multi-Level Intervention Method
  • Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Multi-Scale Governance: Definitions, Frameworks.
  • Partnership and Collaboration/Participation of the Business Sector in Global Development: Transnational Agenda; Public-Private Discourse.
  • Global Partnership: Conceptual Frameworks, Transnationalization of Partnership Systems; Global Partnership Initiatives.
  • Multi-Stakeholder Alliances: International Organizations, State/Government and Private Sector; Public-Private Infrastructure Partnerships; Partnerships in the Provision of Public Services: Education, Health; Global Alliances, Global Interventions.

Governance and Business

  • Governance and Business: A Global Perspective
  • Emergence of Governance and Business in the Public Sphere: State/Sub-National Governments
  • United Nations, Governance and Business
  • Governance and the New Structures of Private Authority Representation at the Global Scale/Global Business Authority
  • Transnational Networks/Alliances/Platforms: Non-State Actors/Private Actors, Stakeholders
  • Governance and Public Service Delivery: New Orientations, New Actors.

The Economy Driven by Regulations and Deregulations, Decentralization and Delegation, by Regulations Originating from the Business/Private Sector, by the Liberalization of Trade, Finance and Markets.

Governance: Public Authority > Private Authority

New Lex Mercatoria and Governance

Governance and Intellectual Property Rights

  • Emergence of Intellectual Property Rights: General Introduction
  • World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO: History of WIPO, Objectives, Policies, Standards, Mandate, Members…
  • What is Intellectual Property?
  • Lobbying by Private and Public Actors in the Field of Global Intellectual Property Rights Regulation: State and Market; Sovereignty and Business.
  • WIPO, WTO and Governance

WHO and TRIPS – Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Emergence of Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy.

Governance of Intellectual Property: National, Sub-National, Transnational Actors and Mechanisms: Institutions, International Organizations, Networks… Governance of Intellectual Property: Implications for Northern and Southern Countries.

Governance and the Global Agri-Food System

  • Global Agri-Food System: General Framework
  • Deregulation and Regulation of Agriculture: Formation of Land Markets, Formation of Food Markets.
  • Liberalization of Food Markets
  • Agri-Food Systems and the Notion of Intellectual Property Rights
  • New Public Policies for Food Resource Management
  • Delocalization of the Agri-Food System: Local – Regional – Global / North – South
  • Food Sovereignty: UN, FAO, Government, Civil Society, Business: The Global Problem of Food Sovereignty.
  • Implementation of Rules and Regulations by the Business Sector in the Agri-Food System
  • Transnational Corporations and the Global Food System
  • Governance of the Global Agri-Food System: Institutions, International Organizations, Networks… National and Transnational, Public and Private Actors.

Governance and Water

  • Water Governance: General Introduction
  • State/Sub-National Government and Water Resources
  • Deregulation and Regulation of Water
  • Water Industry: Water Supply; Water Service Provider Market
  • Water Management and Legal Frameworks
  • Transnationalization of Water Governance: Water on Global Agendas
  • Transnational Networks of Water Resources
  • International Organizations and the Water Issue: Right to Water; United Nations: Resolutions; International Framework
  • United Nations Water Decade: 2005–2015
  • Multi-Stakeholders and the Global Water Issue
  • Water and Sanitation Partnerships and Alliances Worldwide
  • Emergence of Actors in Water Governance: New Hybrid Organizations, New International Organizations from the Private and Public Sectors.
  • What is the World Water Council?
  • What is World Water Week?
  • National/Sub-National Water Governance
  • Global Water Governance

Governance and Climate Change

Governance and Climate Change: Theoretical Approach to the Question

Environmental Regulation: United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm, June 1972; Creation of UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), December 1972; World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), 1983, known as the Brundtland Commission; Publication of the WCED Final Report *Our Common Future* in 1987; UNCED/Earth Summit, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 1992 – Agenda 21; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Rio, 1992; UNFCCC/COP (Conference of the Parties), Berlin, 1995, the Berlin Mandate > COP Geneva, 1996 > COP Kyoto, 1997, known as the Kyoto Protocol > COP Buenos Aires, 1998 > COP Bonn, 1999 > COP The Hague, 2000 > COP Bonn, 2001 > COP Marrakech, 2001 > COP New Delhi, 2002 > COP Milan, 2003 > COP Buenos Aires, 2004 > COP Montreal, 2005 > COP Nairobi, 2006; COP Bali, 2007 > COP Poznań, 2008 > COP Copenhagen, 2009 > COP Cancún, 2010 > COP Durban, 2011 > COP Doha, 2012 > COP Warsaw, 2013 > COP Lima, 2014 > COP Paris, 2015; UNCED/Earth Summit, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002; UNCED/Earth Summit, United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development/Rio+20 Summit, 2012.

  • Environment and Multi-Stakeholder, Multi-Level Governance
  • Initiatives by the Public Sector, Business, NGOs, International Organizations: Alliances, Projects, Networks.
  • National, Local/Sub-National Environmental Governance
  • Global Environmental Governance
  • Environment and Decarbonization of the Global Economy: New International Policies on Carbon Emissions.
  • Decarbonization Markets: New Global Business
  • Climate Policies: Governments, International Organizations, Private Organizations (NGOs, Corporate Social Entities and Philanthropic Organizations, Think Tanks), Transnational Corporations.
  • A New Political Economy of the Environment and Climate Change?

Governance and the Extractive Industry

  • Governance and the Extractive Industry: Introduction
  • State/Government and Natural Resources
  • Liberalization of the Extractive Industry and Natural Resource Markets

UN-GC: United Nations Global Compact: History, Members, Networks, UN-Business Relations Paradigm. United Nations Global Compact: Fundamental Axes of the Global Compact: Human Rights, Labor Rights, Environment, Anti-Corruption. Voluntary Principles and Transparency: Normative Instruments of the Extractive Industry.

  • EITI, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Charter on Natural Resources. Transparency and Revenue Management in the Extractive Industry.
  • Extractive Industry and NGO Networks on Transparency and Anti-Corruption
  • Extractive Industry and Transnational Corporations
  • Human Rights, Business and the Extractive Industry
  • Extractive Industry and the Notions of Territory, Sovereignty and Law
  • Extractive Economy and Sustainable Development
  • National/Sub-National Governance of the Extractive Industry
  • Global Governance of the Extractive Industry

Global Governance

  • Global Governance: Theoretical Approach
  • United Nations Security Council: Structure, Role, Members, Modes of Operation.
  • Bretton Woods Multilateral Financial Institutions: IMF, World Bank, WTO
  • UN System: UN Specialized Agencies; UN Intergovernmental Organizations.
  • G8/G7 Group
  • G77 Group
  • Private Global Governance Initiative: World Economic Forum
  • European Union: Regional Governance / Global Governance
  • International Private Organizations and Networks in Global Governance
  • Global Economic Blocs: In the Americas, Europe, Eurasia, Asia-Pacific… Emerging Economies: BRICS…

Diffusion of the Notion of Governance at the Planetary Scale

  • Governance in Africa, Asia, Latin America: Governance Frameworks, Governance as a System of Power and Authority, Actors, Power Enclaves…
  • Interdependence Between Economy, Politics and Society in the Governance System
  • Transnationalization of Governance Policies in the World
  • Governance: The Paradigm of the 21st Century

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