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The idea of world government : from ancient times to the twenty-first century /
The notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity-a world state-has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded history. This book seeks to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of the history of world government, and evaluate whether political globalization, in t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Colección: | Global institutions series ;
52. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity-a world state-has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded history. This book seeks to provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of the history of world government, and evaluate whether political globalization, in the form of a federal world government, can complement the ongoing processes of economic and cultural globalization?While the potential peacekeeping advantage of such a state is obvious, the consensus judgment has always been against it, suggesting it could lead to totalitarian tyranny. Yunker analys. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 128 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-124) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203826478 0203826477 1283241897 9781283241892 |