Glocal Governance: How to Govern in the Anthropocene? (SpringerBriefs in Political Science)

This open access book develops a conceptual framework for glocal governance as a multi-stakeholder local governance approach based on global human rights norms and democratic principles. It discusses glocal governance as part of an ongoing global transformation process that began in the 1990s, when democracy and individualizing responsibilities for governance became the dominant political system worldwide, and continues through today’s dawn of a New Cold War between those countries which have democratized and those which haven’t. This book will intrigue practitioners and scholars alike who are interested in the concepts of glocality and glocalism, local-global connectivity, and the implementation and dissemination of global norms and concepts such as human rights and democracy, at the local and community level as well as among civil society and private enterprises. The author argues that global norms have now become universal benchmarks which private, political, and civil actors use to assess day-to-day situations and market developments, and to make their decisions accordingly. This book will appeal to students, practitioners, and scholars of the social sciences and humanities who are interested in governance, human rights, public diplomacy and international relations; and in conceptualizing mechanisms for governing and enforcing political decisions locally, on the basis of global universal principles, international norms, and laws. " ... technology is analysed from a series of different perspectives. The analysis starts by focussing on the most tangible products of technology, called technical artefacts, and then builds step-wise towards considering those artefacts within their context of use, and ultimately as embedded in encompassing sociotechnical systems that also include humans as operators and social rules like legislation. Philosophical characterisations are given of technical artefacts, their context of use and of sociotechnical systems. Analyses are presented of how technical artefacts are designed in engineering and what types of technological knowledge is involved in engineering. And the issue is considered how engineers and others can or cannot influence the development of technology. These characterisations are complemented by ethical analyses of the moral status of technical artefacts and the possibilities and impossibilities for engineers to influence this status when designing artefacts and the sociotechnical systems in which artefacts are embedded. The running example in the book is aviation, where aeroplanes are examples of technical artefacts and the world aviation system is an example of a sociotechnical system. Issues related to the design of quiet aeroplane engines and the causes of aviation accidents are analysed for illustrating the moral status of designing, and the role of engineers therein."--Page [vi]. Contents 7 Abbreviations 8 1 The Evolution of Glocal Governance 10 1.1 Think Global, Act Locally 14 1.2 Glocal Modes of Governance 18 References 21 2 The Glocal Between the Local and the Global 23 2.1 Bridging the Rest to the West 31 2.2 Theory of Glocality 45 References 55 3 Glocal Challenges in the Present and the Future 58 3.1 Human Rights 67 3.1.1 Competing Norms 72 3.2 Democracy 77 3.2.1 Statehood 86 3.3 Universal Jurisdiction 94 3.3.1 Rule of Law 97 References 100 4 Glocality Is the Current State of the Art 103 4.1 Exogenous Dynamics 104 4.1.1 Climate Change 104 4.1.2 Global Mobility 106 4.1.3 Urbanization 110 4.2 Endogenous Dynamics 115 4.2.1 Digitalization 116 4.2.2 Non-state Actors and Civil Society 120 4.2.3 Private Enterprise and Business 128 References 132 5 The System of Glocal Governance 134 5.1 Human Security and Opportunities 138 References 138