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Political Globalization
James A. Yunker
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Description for Political Globalization
Hardback. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 767.
According to conventional opinion, world government would be undesirable because it might develop into global tyranny, as well as almost certainly entailing bureaucratic overload. This work vigorously contests this conventional opinion on the basis of an innovative plan for a limited world government tentatively designated the Federal Union of Democratic Nations. Although the proposed federation would represent a quantum advance beyond the United Nations of today, it would at the same time operate under some key restraints, such as the reserved right of member nations to withdraw from the Federal Union at their own unilateral discretion. Yunker argues that despite ... Read more
According to conventional opinion, world government would be undesirable because it might develop into global tyranny, as well as almost certainly entailing bureaucratic overload. This work vigorously contests this conventional opinion on the basis of an innovative plan for a limited world government tentatively designated the Federal Union of Democratic Nations. Although the proposed federation would represent a quantum advance beyond the United Nations of today, it would at the same time operate under some key restraints, such as the reserved right of member nations to withdraw from the Federal Union at their own unilateral discretion. Yunker argues that despite ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
Number of Pages
430
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761838456
SKU
V9780761838456
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About James A. Yunker
James A. Yunker earned his B.A. at Fordham University, his M.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He is currently Professor of Economics at Western Illinois University where he teaches microeconomic theory, mathematical economics and econometrics. An important component of Yunker's extensive research and writing deals with visionary projects, of which none is ... Read more
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