OCHENDO - An African Journal of Innovative Studies (OAAJIS) (Vol. 1 No. 1, 2020)
THE PARADOX OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE EMERGING SYSTEM OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
ABSTRACT
This paper dwells on the paradox of global civil society, is international nongovernmental organisations and their contribute to the emerging system of global governance. The study started by looking at the emerging system of Global governance. From there it moved on to discuss the six key actors involved in Global Governance as argued by Karns & Mingst 2004. After which it went into the meaning of INGOs as defined by different scholars. Further from the above, it went on to state how INGOs differ from states and later went ahead to discuss the different roles of INGOs in details. After that, it commenced discussing how INGOs differ from state and the problem INGOs are having with accountability, legitimacy and Democracy. It finally examined the Relationship between INGOs and IGOs and then to the point of UN accreditation of INGOs whether it is good or not after which it concluded by saying that Global civil society and INGOs are great role players and have contributed immensely to the emergency of global governance.
