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Liberal Internationalism and the Decline of the State: The Thought of Richard Cobden, David Mitrany, and Kenichi Ohmae

By Per A. Hammarlund (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2005
ISBN
978-1-349-52988-9, 978-1-4039-8036-6
DOI
10.1057/9781403980366
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1007 kB (1030822 bytes)
Series
The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought
Edition
1
Pages
XII, 226\229
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
Political Theory;Political Philosophy;Internationa

Description

This book provides a critical analysis of the liberal ideas of the decline of the state through a historical comparison. It takes special note of the implications of state failure to control economic growth and market exigencies for international relations. The book is divided into three sections. The first analyzes Cobden, Mitrany, and Ohmae's empirical claims, the second looks at their normative judgements and the third looks at their predictive assertions. It concludes that the three primarily propose normative arguments for less state involvement in economic and international relations but conceal them in empirical and predictive assertions. The liberal idea of the decline of the state is more of an ideological statement in response to political, social, and economic trends than an objective observation of an empirically verifiable fact.

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