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Is world government the answer to pressing global issues such as war, global injustices and environmental problems? Torbjörn Tännsjö presents the case for this idea.The notion of a sovereign world government has been defended in the past by philosophers such as Bertrand Russell and A.C. Ewing, but has been eclipsed by less radical ideas to do with peaceful cooperation between sovereign states or, at most, through systems of shared sovereignty. Tännsjö argues that such solutions cannot be effective; moreover he argues, in response to philosophers such as Kant and Rawls, that not only is a world government necessary if we want to solve pressing global problems, it is desirable in its own right.Short, simple to read, and focusing on the key arguments, Global Democracy is intended for anyone who wants to start to think about political solutions to global problems, putting them into a perspective that deserves to be taken seriously.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM CHAPTER TWO: THE ARGUMENT FROM PEACE CHAPTER THREE: THE ARGUMENT FROM GLOBAL JUSTICE CHAPTER FOUR: THE ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER FIVE: DEMOCRACY CHAPTER SIX: A ROADMAP TO GLOBAL DEMOCRACY CHAPTER SEVEN: IS GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DESIRABLE? CHAPTER EIGHT: CONCLUSION REFERENCES INDEX

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 2/18/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780748634989
      978-0748634989
      ISBN-10 0748634983
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      Political science and theory

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      Book Synopsis
      Is world government the answer to pressing global issues such as war, global injustices and environmental problems? Torbjörn Tännsjö presents the case for this idea.The notion of a sovereign world government has been defended in the past by philosophers such as Bertrand Russell and A.C. Ewing, but has been eclipsed by less radical ideas to do with peaceful cooperation between sovereign states or, at most, through systems of shared sovereignty. Tännsjö argues that such solutions cannot be effective; moreover he argues, in response to philosophers such as Kant and Rawls, that not only is a world government necessary if we want to solve pressing global problems, it is desirable in its own right.Short, simple to read, and focusing on the key arguments, Global Democracy is intended for anyone who wants to start to think about political solutions to global problems, putting them into a perspective that deserves to be taken seriously.

      Table of Contents
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM CHAPTER TWO: THE ARGUMENT FROM PEACE CHAPTER THREE: THE ARGUMENT FROM GLOBAL JUSTICE CHAPTER FOUR: THE ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER FIVE: DEMOCRACY CHAPTER SIX: A ROADMAP TO GLOBAL DEMOCRACY CHAPTER SEVEN: IS GLOBAL DEMOCRACY DESIRABLE? CHAPTER EIGHT: CONCLUSION REFERENCES INDEX

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