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Overview"Could we one day have a world community? What would it entail? How could it be accountable? What other methods exist for effectively dealing with the cross-national issues that plague us? Amitai Etzioni raised these questions in his 1965 book ""Political Unification: A Comparative Study of Leaders and Forces"". Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, Etzioni has revisited ""Political Unification"". His revised work tests the paradigm that predicts that the conditions under which political unification of previously independent nations may succeed, that the potential of world government remains. This book questions whether traditional systems of international relations can withstand the threatening transnational forces and the globalization of economics and technology. It looks at the rise of transnational organizations, the development of the European Union, and the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia to argue that only a truely supranational community can counter the worldwide threats of the 21st century." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Amitai EtzioniPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.603kg ISBN: 9780739102732ISBN 10: 0739102737 Pages: 412 Publication Date: 21 November 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1 A Paradigm for the Study of Political Unification Chapter 2 Delineation of the Subject and of Elementary Concepts Chapter 3 Political Unification Part 4 Distribution and Configuration of Integrating Powers: A Comparative Analysis Chapter 5 Theoretical Framework Chapter 6 Integrating Power Chapter 7 A Union That Failed: The United Arab Republic (1958-61) Chapter 8 A Union That Failed: The Federation of the West Indies (1958-62) Chapter 9 A Stable Union: The Nordic Associational Web (1953-64) Chapter 10 A Growing Union: The European Economic Community (1958-64) Chapter 11 In Comparative PerspectiveReviewsTruly a classic. . . . An indispensable tool for students, a constant reference for scholars, and a source of foreknowledge for policy makers. . . . The depth and range of Professor Etzioni's scholarship provide the reader with unique insights.--Serfaty, Simon Political Unification Revisited is a highly original book with something old and something new, that is, with a new, long introduction that situates the bulk of the book, published in the l960s, within contemporary debates about the need for globaland regional government. The 1960s part of the book has stood the test of time, with its subtle analyses of the demands involved in building federations of nation-states illustrated through four case studies. The contemporary introduction provides fresh insights on the one federation of the four that lasted, the EU, while making compelling arguments about the unsustainability of a federation that remains stuck halfway to a real regional government. For Etzioni, the problem for the EU, as for any other regional or even global government to be distinguished from governance arrangement is that supranational political institutions need to be accompanied by moral dialogues that speak to the creation of a common core of communal values and bonds, w Author InformationAmitai Etzioni is the founder and first president of the Communitarian Network and a university professor at George Washington University. Among his many books are Civic Repentance, The New Golden Rule, The Spirit of Community, and The Moral Dimension. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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