PSC 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: United Nations Economic And Social Council, Effective Action, Legal Personality

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSC 204
• Professor: schutz

Document Summary

Transnational actors and international organizations in global politics. The (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of the (cid:858)state has 3 differe(cid:374)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)gs: a legal perso(cid:374), a politi(cid:272)al community, and a government. The countries and governments around the world may be equal in law, but have few political similarities. Many governments control fewer resources than many transnational actors. It cannot be assumed that all country-based political systems are more coherent than global systems, particularly as national loyalties do not match country boundaries. By a(cid:271)a(cid:374)do(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the la(cid:374)guage of (cid:858)states(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)(cid:374)o(cid:374)-states(cid:859) a(cid:272)tors, (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) ad(cid:373)it the possibility of theorizing about many types of actor in global politics. By distinguishing government from society and nation from country we can ask whether private groups, companies, and national minorities in each country engage in transnational relations. The a(cid:271)ility of tnc(cid:859)s to (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge tra(cid:374)sfer prices means that they can evade taxation or government controls on their international financial transactions.