Global Governance and International Political Institutions: Issues of Democratic Deficit and Accountability

In the age of digital/information revolution and the onset of new ICE (Information, Communication and Education + Entertainment) age, the depleted concept of Global Governance has resurfaced on the intellectual horizon. The concept of Global Governance encapsulates the norms setting in multiple areas of human activities to regulate and meditate the interaction of state, international/regional organizations &institutions, global/national civil societies and national/International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs). In this era of accelerated globalization never witnessed before in human history, the international political institutions like United Nations Organization and various regional arrangements created after the World War II to regulate the international political and security governance have almost become infructuous. They suffer from democratic deficit and crisis of responsibility and accountability to global community. This research paper is a humble attempt to examine the issues of democratic deficit, accountability and reforms in international political institutions which are increasingly becoming irrelevant in the light of new problems faced by the global community.