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Uniting States : voluntary union in world politics / Joseph M. Parent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parent, Joseph M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal government.
- Confederation of states.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- European federation.
- Latin American federation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What causes states to politically unify voluntarily? This text develops a realist explanation of voluntary union and argues that unions are the balancing coalitions of last resort.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Explaining Political Union; 3. Force, Fraud, and the Founding of the American Constitution; 4. America's Necessity; 5. Switzerland, Staatenbund to Bundesstaat; 6. The Liminal Union of Sweden and Norway; 7. Bolívar's Dreams of Gran Colombia; 8. Europe' s American Idol; 9. Conclusion; Appendix: Machiavelli and the Missing Romulus; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-978220-2
- 0-19-978223-7
- 1-280-49959-1
- 9786613594822
- OCLC:
- 784947965
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