The idea of world government : from ancient times to the twenty-first century / / James A. Yunker

• Autore: Yunker James A.
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Disciplina: 341.2/109
• Soggetto topico: International organization - History; International relations - Political aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [122]-124) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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 t
• Titolo autorizzato: The idea of world government
• ISBN: 1-136-79436-0; 1-136-79437-9; 1-283-24189-7; 9786613241894; 0-203-82647-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781374103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Global institutions series ; ; 52.