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Global Democracy : The Case for a World Government / Torbjörn Tännsjö.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (168 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748634989
  • 9781474473040
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the 2013 printing -- Preface -- 1. The problem -- 2. The argument arising from peace -- 3. The argument arising from global justice -- 4. The environment -- 5. Democracy -- 6. A road map to global democracy -- 7. Is global democracy desirable? -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Is world government the answer to pressing global issues such as war, global injustices and environmental problems?GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748634996','ISBN:9780748634989','ISBN:9780748635009',]);Torbjörn Tännsjö puts forward the case for one, single, worldwide government. 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 a world government is not only necessary to solve our 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.Key FeaturesFeaturing a new preface for 2014Written in a lively manner, making it an excellent introduction to global issuesShows how the currently Utopian idea of World Government could become a political realityDraws a roadmap to show how, through reforms of the UN, a global democracy could be establishedAbout the AuthorTorbjörn Tännsjö is Kristian Claëson Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University.More books by Torbjorn Tannsjo."
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface to the 2013 printing -- Preface -- 1. The problem -- 2. The argument arising from peace -- 3. The argument arising from global justice -- 4. The environment -- 5. Democracy -- 6. A road map to global democracy -- 7. Is global democracy desirable? -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Is world government the answer to pressing global issues such as war, global injustices and environmental problems?GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748634996','ISBN:9780748634989','ISBN:9780748635009',]);Torbjörn Tännsjö puts forward the case for one, single, worldwide government. 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 a world government is not only necessary to solve our 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.Key FeaturesFeaturing a new preface for 2014Written in a lively manner, making it an excellent introduction to global issuesShows how the currently Utopian idea of World Government could become a political realityDraws a roadmap to show how, through reforms of the UN, a global democracy could be establishedAbout the AuthorTorbjörn Tännsjö is Kristian Claëson Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University.More books by Torbjorn Tannsjo."

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