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Nine well-known authors associated with the world federalist movement critique the 1995 Report of the Commission on Global Governance entitled
Our Global Neighborhood. Although the contributors manifest a variety of viewpoints, styles, and approaches, they are unanimous in condemning the Report as insufficiently imaginative and visionary. Despite repeated calls in the Commission Report for a radically new way of thinking, the substance of the Report mindlessly rubber-stamps the legitimacy of the sovereign nation-state system of today, by means of summarily and peremptorily dismissing even the possibility of a supernational government qualitatively beyond the United Nations.
According to the contributors, the concept of genuine world government is sufficiently advanced, and the circumstances of the present day are conducive, so that this concept is deserving of the most careful and serious attention by the general public and the political leadership. Despite their unconventional conclusions, these essays are lucid, judicious, and commanding.
List of contents
Preface by James A. Yunker
A Planetary Paradigm for Global Government by Glen T. Martin
Liberalism at the Global Level by Richard Falk
Governance--An Opportunity? by John C. de V. Roberts
Global Governance Requires Global Government by Ronald J. Glossop
Global Government: Objections Considered by David Ray Griffin
Global Governance or World Government? by Errol E. Harris
A Critique of "Our Global Neighborhood" by Philip Isely
Reactions of an Ordinary World Citizen to "Our Global Neighborhood" by Jean-Marie Breton
A Pragmatic Route to Genuine Global Governance by James A. Yunker
Summary and Conclusion by Errol E. Harris
Appendices
For Further Reading
Index
About the author
ERROL E. HARRIS is John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy (Emeritus) at Northwestern University. In his long and distinguished academic career, Professor Harris served as a teacher, administrator, and researcher in the United States and the United Kingdom. He is the author and editor of 23 books.
JAMES A. YUNKER is Professor of Economics at Western Illinois University. Author of five books and more than 60 articles in professional journals, Professor Yunker's research interests focus on market socialism and the application of economic methodology to non-traditional areas such as criminal justice and international relations.
Summary
Nine authors associated with the world federalist movement critique the 1995 Report on the Commission on Global Governance entitled "Our Global Neighborhood". The contributors viewpoints seem varied, but they are unanimous in their condemnation of the report.
