B. Read a quotation about the role of a global player and think activities of which type of organizations it describes. Explain your choice.

A. The world today is populated by a growing number of regional, subnational and transnational actors, who actively contribute to the globalization process and to the ongoing developments in global infrastructure. Work in groups. Think what types of global actors take an active part in promoting globalization nowadays.

b. What relation do states have to the activities of the players of globalization?

C. Work in pairs and try to classify them according to the level of the state participation in the activities of the promoters of globalization.

d. The organizations in the second type seem to be heterogeneous. Which of them are referred to as non-profit organizations (NGOs) and transnational corporations (multinationals)?

2. Discuss in pairs what the mission of these three types of organizations is? How powerful are they? Can they be called “a characteristic tendency of the globalized world”?

3. a. Is it important for these organizations to base their impact on real people, not states? What type of organizations is meant to perform this function?

b. Read a quotation about the role of a global player and think activities of which type of organizations it describes. Explain your choice.

“These actors are forming a vital role in the development of new approaches to ending conflict, particularly in the context of their growing links with transnational organizations and their professed interests in human security issues. These interests appear to be constituted by their civic nature both at the local and international level; and though they may express partisan interests the amelioration of the root causes of conflict appears to be their over-riding objective. They also matter in development aid and humanitarian assistance, in human rights advocacy, and election monitoring, in disarmament and environment work.”

с. Can NGOs be viewed as a relatively new phenomenon or a phenomenon with a long history? Read the abstract to see whether your ideas were correct.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as we know them today are generally thought to have come into existence around the mid-nineteenth century. It was only about a century later that the importance of NGOs was officially recognized by the United Nations. At the UN Congress in San Francisco in 1968, a provision was made in Article 71 of the Charter of the United Nations framework that qualified NGOs in the field of economic and social development to receive consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.

The development of modern NGOs has largely mirrored that of general world history, particularly after the Industrial Revolution. NGOs have existed in some form or another as far back as 25,000 years ago. Since 1850, more than 100,000 private, not-for-profit organizations with an international focus have been founded. The growth of NGOs really took off after the Second World War, with about 90 international NGOs founded each year, compared with about 10 each year in the 1890s. Only about 30 percent of early international NGOs have survived, although those organizations founded after the wars have had a better survival rate. Many more NGOs with a local, national or regional focus have been created, though like their international counterparts, not all have survived or have been successful.

d. Is it right to trace the continuity between contemporary trends of NGOs and earlier periods?

e. Why have they become more influential in recent years? Do you share the point of view that NGOs exercise their power at different levels?

4. a. One of the most significant questions discussed nowadays is what the notion NGO implies. Discuss in groups what an NGO is. Which word(s) best describes this phenomenon:

●extremely diverse ●dependable ●protesting violently ●voluntary ●heterogeneous ●based on people’s interests ●mediating with authorities ●encouraging political participation ●generating income

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