02917oam 2200637I 450 991082628090332120230725051851.01-136-79436-01-136-79437-91-283-24189-797866132418940-203-82647-710.4324/9780203826478(CKB)2550000000033293(EBL)801589(OCoLC)727130226(SSID)ssj0000537773(PQKBManifestationID)11358357(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537773(PQKBWorkID)10557028(PQKB)11789705(MiAaPQ)EBC801589(Au-PeEL)EBL801589(CaPaEBR)ebr10466517(CaONFJC)MIL324189(EXLCZ)99255000000003329320180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe idea of world government from ancient times to the twenty-first century /James A. YunkerMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (147 p.)Routledge global institutions ;52Description based upon print version of record.0-415-78163-9 0-415-78162-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [122]-124) and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Historical antecedents; 2 From Perpetual Peace to the Great War; 3 From the Treaty of Versailles to the nuclear age; 4 The postwar world government boom; 5 The post-Cold War era; 6 Is there a future for world government?; Notes; Select bibliography; IndexThe notion of a single political organization encompassing the whole of humanity-a world state-has intrigued mankind since earliest recorded history. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the history of world government, and questions whether political globalization, in the form of a federal world government, could and should 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, because it could lead to totalitarian tGlobal institutions series ;52.International organizationHistoryInternational relationsPolitical aspectsInternational organizationHistory.International relationsPolitical aspects.341.2/109Yunker James A.265686MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826280903321The idea of world government4004227UNINA