| Description |
xii, 226 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Palgrave Macmillan history of international thought series |
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Palgrave Macmillan series on the history of international thought.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Brief biographies -- Ch. 2. The decline of the state : the empirical claim -- Ch. 3. The obsolete international system -- Ch. 4. Prescribing the decline of the state -- Ch. 5. The case against the nation-state system -- Ch. 6. The predictive element |
| Summary |
"Liberal international thought contains a long-standing tradition of portraying the imminent decline of the nation-state. After all, some thinkers claim, national governments can no longer control their individual economies, as a result of economic globalization. The nation-state has become an anachronism. It stands in the way of a peaceful and prosperous cosmopolitan world order. It is a war organization, levying excessive and unfair taxes, hampering international communication and exchange. This volume identifies three prominent liberal proponents of this theme, Richard Cobden, David Mitrany, and Kenichi Ohmae. It criticizes their ideas by analyzing the coherence of their thought. It also takes special note of the implications of state failure to control economic growth and market exigencies for international relations."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-219) and index |
| Subject |
Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865.
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Ōmae, Ken'ichi, 1943-
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Mitrany, David, 1888-1975.
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State, The.
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Internationalism.
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World politics.
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| LC no. |
2004049001 |
| ISBN |
1403967032 : |
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