Uniting of Nations : An Essay on Global Governance.
Title:
Uniting of Nations : An Essay on Global Governance.
Author:
McClintock, John.
ISBN:
9783035260304
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Contents:
Table of Contents -- Foreword 11 -- The Origin of the Idea 13 -- Acknowledgments 15 -- Summary 17 -- Introduction 31 -- PART I. STATEMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM -- CHAPTER 1 What Is the Problem? What Is the Evidence? 39 -- CHAPTER 2 What Are the Conditions for Effective Governance? 73 -- CHAPTER 3 Do States Govern Effectively? 79 -- CHAPTER 4 The European Union - Does lt Govern Effectively? 101 -- CHAPTER 5 The Security Council - Does It Govern Effectively? 121 -- CHAPTER 6 Why Is the Security Council Unable to Govern Effectively? 135 -- CHAPTER 7 A World of Chronic Anarchy 157 -- PART II. WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? -- CHAPTER 8 A Consideration of Possible Remedies 167 -- PART III. A PRACTICAL PROPOSITION -- CHAPTER 9 A Global Community: Functions, Principles and Design 189 -- CHAPTER 10 Who Wins? Who Loses? 203 -- CHAPTER 11 Would Any States Want to Join? 211 -- CHAPTER 12 A Food Security Community 217 -- CHAPTER 13 A Community for Climate, Energy and Prosperity 235 -- CHAPTER 14 Some Questions and Answers about a Global Community 289 -- ANNEX 1. Glossary of Terms 299 -- ANNEX 2. Migration - The Case of Europe 303 -- ANNEX 3. Why Are the English Hesitant Towards the European Union? 305 -- ANNEX 4. Agricultural Policy - The Case of the European Union 313 -- ANNEX 5. An Agricultural Policy Based an Managed Trade with Fair Prices 327 -- References 333 -- About the Author 345 -- Index 347.
Abstract:
This book puts forward a new and original idea - that, for the sake of humankind, the countries of the world should share sovereignty in a limited number of areas. Unless this is done we will not be able to address global threats. These include global warming, poverty, inequality, terrorism, war and conflict, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the outsourcing of jobs, the instability of the international financial system, the accumulation of power by corporations, the migration of peoples, the depletion of natural resources, the violation of human rights and the spread of pandemics. The first part of the book diagnoses what is wrong with the present system by which the world governs itself. It shows that, sadly, the United Nations is ineffective and that some states are failing. In the second part the author asks: what can be done? He explores the reform of the United Nations. He asks if regional organisations, NATO, the European Union, the G8 or the G20 could become a governing body at the global level. It is not realistic to expect any of these things to happen. The third part of the book proposes a global union, modelled on the European Union. Without it, we will not be able to address global challenges.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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