A decentralizált világrend eszméje és a globális irányítás realitásai
The Notion of Decentralised World Order, and The Realities of Global Governance

Summary/Abstract: The territory as the usual basis for organization of human communities has lost its privileged position in recent times. Most of the states have less and less capacity to perform their traditional functions in a world where breaking away from the territory or „extra-territoriality” result in many advantages and raise conteptually new moral and political reference points. It makes necessary to rethink the concept of community and to redraw the boundaries of our moral commitments. The development of law and the theories of international relations should take into consideration all these tendencies. The concept of the irreversible polycentric world politics, the theory based on common risk bearing, and the the theories which are emphasising the growing influence the global economicfinancial organizations are all have opposite point of wiew than the traditional realist theories of the international relations. The new centres of power of economic-financial world are able to centralize the decision-making and to shrink the possibilities of control. In the decentralization of decision making process and rendering it more transparent, the transnational nongovernmental organizations may play a crucial role, in particular the ones that deal with the protection of the environment, the human rights, or try to improve the situation of the Third World. In adittion they offer a chance for feedback to the local level, to complement the decisions made centrally, both in terms of responsibility, community involvement and participation. Thus the idea of the decentralized world is complementary to the realities of global governance. Indeed, the concept of decentralized world is based upon acknowledging the potential of a global moral community, as a source of origin for individual rights and individual responsibility. In fact, the conclusions of the realistic model secure absolute grounds for the principle of the selfishness of the states. Effective responses to the global problems may only be rendered through the application of the principle of responsibility, rather than the selfishness of the individuals or the states.

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