POL 208 Chapter Notes -Legal Personality, United Nations Economic And Social Council, World Politics
16 Apr 2014
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Transnational actors and international organizations in world politics. The concept of the state" has three very different meanings: a legal person, a political 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 abandoning the language of states" and non-state" actors, we can admit 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 ability of tncs to change transfer process, means that they can evade taxation or government controls on their international financial transaction.
