| Description |
256 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Neal Ascherson -- Foreword / Richard Body -- I. The Philosophies of Misery -- II. The Power Theory of Aggression -- III. Disunion Now -- IV. Tyranny in a Small-State World -- V. The Physics of Politics: The Philosophic Argument -- VI. Individual and Average Man: The Political Argument -- VII. The Glory of the Small: The Cultural Argument -- VIII. The Efficiency of the Small: The Economic Argument -- IX. Union Through Division: The Administrative Argument -- X. The Elimination of Great Powers: Can It Be Done? -- XI. But Will It Be Done? -- XII. The American Empire -- App. The Principle of Federation Presented in Maps |
| Summary |
"In The Breakdown of Nations Leopold Kohr shows that throughout history, people who have lived in small states are happier, more peaceful, more creative and more prosperous. He argues that virtually all our political and social problems would be greatly diminished if the world's major countries were to dissolve back into the small states from which they sprang. Rather than making ever larger political unions, in the mistaken belief that this will bring peace and security, we should minimise the aggregation of power by returning to a patchwork of small, relatively powerless states, where leaders are accessible to and responsive to the people." |
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"This new edition is published at a time when Britain faces its most important political decision for hundreds of years - whether or not to join a common European currency. Many believe that this would lead inexorably to a European superstate, so it is timely to re-examine the implications of the size of political groupings, whether they be states, nations or federations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1957 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [250]-251) and index |
| Subject |
States, Small.
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States, Size of.
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Economic development.
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| LC no. |
2002728258 |
| ISBN |
1870098986 |
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