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Unit 3: Global actors
Quick questions on Non-government organisations as global actors: VCE Politics
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What are aims?Show answer
The aims of NGOs are mission-driven rather than commercial or territorial. They include relieving suffering, defending human rights, protecting the environment, promoting development and holding powerful actors to account. Because they answer to a cause and their supporters rather than to voters or shareholders, they can take principled, long-term positions that governments avoid.
What are roles?Show answer
NGOs play several distinct roles.
What is power?Show answer
NGO power is overwhelmingly soft rather than coercive.
What is q1?Show answer
Define a non-government organisation and identify its main aim. [4 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain two roles non-government organisations play in global politics, using one example. [6 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Evaluate the extent of the influence of non-government organisations in contemporary global politics. [10 marks]
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