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This book describes, evaluates, and advocates for, sweeping changes in our global economic and political structure to ensure the prospects of global human civilization as we confront an uncertain future. It argues both for the Marshall Plan and for a limited federal world government to replace the q...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230112643 |
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This book describes, evaluates, and advocates for, sweeping changes in our global economic and political structure to ensure the prospects of global human civilization as we confront an uncertain future. It argues both for the Marshall Plan and for a limited federal world government to replace the quasi-anarchic international regime of today. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230103757, 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 256 p. |
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9780230103757 9780230112643 : 0230112641 : |
| CLC: | F11-0 |
| Contents: | Looking Ahead: The Long View Triumph or Tragedy A Long-Run Trend Nuclear and Other Nightmares What Should Be Done? Political Convergence: Supernational Federation A Pragmatic Blueprint Key Limitations and Authorizations Purposes and Policies Economic Convergence: Global Marshall Plan Economic Realities: Good and Bad Foreign Development Assistance World Economic Equalization Program Evaluation of the Program On the Practicality of Federal World Government Antecedents of World Federalism Twentieth Century Proposals The Heterogeneity Bugaboo The Issue of Nationalism On the Advisability of Federal World Government The Global Governance Myth The New World Order What Is the 'Utopian Delusion'? Drift versus Direction The Next Step: Summary and Conclusion Outline of the Argument How Is It Possible? A Final Word Notes Index. |