please choose one question from these and write a brief essay about it. Notes and a book are included. also include any citation
1. What are global governance and its varieties, and why do we need global governance? What
are international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and how can we distinguish
between types of IGOs? What functions do IGOs perform in global governance?
2. In what ways is liberalism one of the most important theoretical approaches to global
governance? What theoretical approach (realism, critical theories, social constructivism, or
the English School) would you consider the most convincing alternative to liberalism in
regard to global governance and why? How do theories of organizational interactions
contribute to our understanding of global governance?
3. What arrangements/organizations were significant historical foundations of global
governance? In what ways was global governance advanced, or supposed to be advanced, by
those arrangements/organizations? Why did the League of Nations fail to prevent World War
II?
4. What are key provisions of the United Nations (UN) Charter? How consistent are these
provisions with one another and to what extent can respect for human rights be reconciled
with respect for state sovereignty and collective security be reconciled with individual or
collective self-defense? Are there any reasons to amend key provisions of the UN Charter,
and, if so, how might they be amended?
5. How do membership and voting as well as responsibilities and functions of the UN General
Assembly differ from membership and voting as well as responsibilities and functions of the
UN Security Council? How legitimate and effective is the UN Security Council today? What
might be acceptable and useful reforms, if any, of the UN Security Council?