Federal world government
The road to peace and justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8912429 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald Tinnevelt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 220-238 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836712443173 |
| OpenAlex | W1979274929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 40 |
Within contemporary legal and political philosophy there is nothing more unpopular than defending a world state. It seems food for thought for writers like Huxley or Wells, but not a topic that deserves serious philosophical reflection. Fortunately, there are exceptions to this general rule. Theorists such as Höffe, Cabrera, Deudney and Yunker defend a version of a multilayered minimal world state – a model based on the dual principles of federalism and subsidiarity. The focus of this article is on the very fragile balance that proponents of this model have to keep between a simultaneous need for centralization and decentralization. On the basis of a critical analysis of the work of these theorists, it is argued in this article that the safeguards these authors defend to prevent a bloating of government themselves contain a tendency to hierarchical centralization. While some form of world state might be necessary to cope with the challenges posed by globalization, it is essential to discuss the shape and competences of the world state much more critically and in more detail than has been the case in the past
Centralized government · Decentralization · Economic Justice · Economics · Epistemology · Federalism · Globalization · Government (linguistics · Law and economics · Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Subsidiarity · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2014 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |