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Possibilities of Global Governance in the Age of Globalisation

In an assessment of the effects of the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and the whole process involved, a central question arises: to what extent can this kind of an event, directed from above, influence global developments and through what mechanisms? In other words, what are the chances of global governance being able to remove global problems and create a new willingness and ability in the world to work to this end? Criticism of the WSSD for the paucity of concrete decisions and commitments arrived at seems quite justifiable, but this is not the whole picture. The Summit was so broad that it basically concerned all aspects of life and therefore had, and has, the potential to affect the state of the world in a multitude of ways and through many different channels. In this respect the most elementary distinction to be made is between the decisions made and the process in its entirety. The article seeks to analyse the latter with reference to three different concepts, namely power, mutual understanding and hope.