An edition of Cosmopolis (1995)

Cosmopolis

prospects for world government

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An edition of Cosmopolis (1995)

Cosmopolis

prospects for world government

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This book is 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 international conflict through the use of centralized and superior military force. He seeks instead to develop a conception of international relations which takes account of their pluralistic, dynamic and conflictual nature.

This conception moves away from the logic of hierarchical centralization, which so dominates the UN Charter, and towards the logic of a 'weak interventionism' and 'weak pacifism' which relies on self-organization, coordination and negotiation.

Publish Date
Publisher
Polity Press
Language
English
Pages
197

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Cover of: Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis: Prospects for World Government
2013, Polity Press
in English
Cover of: Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis: Prospects for World Government
2013, Polity Press
in English
Cover of: Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis: Perspectiva y riesgos de un gobierno mundial/ Prospects for World Government (Estado Y Sociedad/ State and Society)
March 21, 2000, Ediciones Paidos Iberica
Paperback in Spanish - Tra edition
Cover of: Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis: Prospects for World Government
February 1998, Polity Press
Paperback in English
Cover of: Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis: prospects for world government
1997, Polity Press
in English
Cover of: Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis: la prospettiva del governo mondiale
1995, Feltrinelli
in Italian - 1. ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index.

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Cambridge, U.K, Cambridge, MA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.1/01
Library of Congress
JZ5595 .Z6513 1997, JX1391 .Z65 1997, JX1391.Z65 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 197 p. ;
Number of pages
197

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1009668M
Internet Archive
cosmopolisprospe0000zolo
ISBN 10
0745613004, 0745613012
LCCN
96049709
OCLC/WorldCat
35961467
Library Thing
2315118
Goodreads
945822
262297

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