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Cosmopolis: Prospects for World Government
Danilo Zolo
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Hardback. aeo Timely, provocative and iconoclastic, Cosmopolis is an important contribution to current debates in international relations, including the role of the U.N. aeo A challenging and sceptical critique of the idea of Cosmopolis -- the idea of world or a global governmenta which could be used to avert the threat of war and international disorder. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPHC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
This volume makes a challenging critique of the idea of Cosmopolis - that is, the idea of world or 'global' government. In recent years this idea has been put forward as a way of averting the threat of war and international disorder, and as a way of avoiding the destruction of the planet. Proponents of this idea call for a radical reform of the United Nations which aims to legitimize this institution as an international police force and as a provider of global justice.
This volume makes a challenging critique of the idea of Cosmopolis - that is, the idea of world or 'global' government. In recent years this idea has been put forward as a way of averting the threat of war and international disorder, and as a way of avoiding the destruction of the planet. Proponents of this idea call for a radical reform of the United Nations which aims to legitimize this institution as an international police force and as a provider of global justice.
Zolo criticizes this new cosmopolitan philosophy and rejects the idea of trying to eliminate ... Read more
Timely, provocative and iconoclastic, Cosmopolis is an important contribution to current debates in politics, international relations and social and political theory.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745613000
SKU
V9780745613000
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About Danilo Zolo
Danilo Zolo (Rijeka, 1936) studied jurisprudence at the University of Florence and in 1966 he obtained the Teacher's Diploma in History and Philosophy. He has been Associate Researcher at Boston University, and Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University and the University of Princeton. He is author of many essays concerning political philosophy, epistemology of ... Read more
Reviews for Cosmopolis: Prospects for World Government
'A provocative and convincing argument.' Foreign Affairs