World government - The current global governance system

This article discusses the speculative idea of a world government. While, theoretically, such government may take several forms (such as an empire), given the enormous magnitude of resources required to rule over billions of unwilling people by force, practically only a democratic form of government appears to be feasible. Furthermore, for similar practical reasons, some hierarchical structure of government would be required (see illustration for example). This article thus concentrates more specif ...

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• World government - Principles of world federalism
• World government - Historical background
• World government - History of the world government idea
• World government - Voluntary unions of polities
• World government - The current global governance system
• World government - Recognized deficiencies
• World government - The case for FWG
• World government - No more wars no more oppression
• World government - More effective handling of global issues
• World government - Common critiques
• World government - FWG is not desirable
• World government - FWG is not a realistic goal
• World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG
• World government - Regional integration
• World government - Incremental reform
• World government - Integration of democracies first
• World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people
• World government - Resources
• World government - Published Works
• World government - Organizations
• World government - Websites
• World government - More links

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The principle of territorial state sovereignty underlies nearly all global political actions and policies. The preceived need for international humanitarian interventions has recently led to an expansion of this principle to include the state's responsibility to protect its citizens against human right abuses. The United Nations (UN) is the primary formal organization coordinating activities between states on a global scale and the only inter-governmental organization with a truly universal membership (191 governments). In addition to ...

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The principle of territorial state sovereignty underlies nearly all global political actions and policies. The preceived need for international humanitarian interventions has recently led to an expansion of this principle to include the state's responsibility to protect its citizens against human right abuses. The United Nations (UN) is the primary formal organization coordinating activities between states on a global scale and the only inter-governmental organization with a truly universal membership. In addition to the main organs a ...

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World government, World government - Principles of world federalism, World government - Historical background, World government - History of the world government idea, World government - Voluntary unions of polities, World government - The current global governance system, World government - Recognized deficiencies, World government - The case for FWG, World government - No more wars no more oppression, World government - More effective handling of global issues, World government - Common critiques, World government - FWG is not desirable, World government - FWG is not a realistic goal, World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG, World government - Regional integration, World government - Incremental reform, World government - Integration of democracies first, World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people, World government - Resources, World government - Published Works, World government - Organizations, World government - Websites, World government - More links

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World government - History of the world government idea. The need for a supranational authority to preserve the peace between nations has been recognized in ancient Greek and Roman times, and, in modern times goes back at least to the early 14th century (Dante, for example, discusses it in his book Monarchia, 1329). In 1625, the great Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius wrote De Jure Belli ac Pacis (The Laws of War and Peace), which is commonly taken as the starting-point of modern international law. The idea of a federati ...

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World government, World government - Principles of world federalism, World government - Historical background, World government - History of the world government idea, World government - Voluntary unions of polities, World government - The current global governance system, World government - Recognized deficiencies, World government - The case for FWG, World government - No more wars no more oppression, World government - More effective handling of global issues, World government - Common critiques, World government - FWG is not desirable, World government - FWG is not a realistic goal, World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG, World government - Regional integration, World government - Incremental reform, World government - Integration of democracies first, World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people, World government - Resources, World government - Published Works, World government - Organizations, World government - Websites, World government - More links

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Democratic federal world government is simply an extension of the idea of democratic federation to the global level. One exception is that no military force would be needed to protect the global citizenship against external societies (barring the discovery of such societies); however it might be needed to put down insurrections. Support for democratic federal world government is rooted in globalism (also called cosmopolitanism or mundialism), the view that all humans are interdependent members of a single global community, and humanis ...

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The need for a supranational authority to preserve the peace between nations has been recognized in ancient Greek and Roman times, and, in modern times goes back at least to the early 14th century (Dante, for example, discusses it in his book Monarchia, 1329). In 1625, the great Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius wrote De Jure Belli ac Pacis (The Laws of War and Peace), which is commonly taken as the starting-point of modern international law. The idea of a federation gained much momentum during the late 18th century, a period in which the first mode ...

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World government - Published Works. The Politics of World Federation by Joseph P. Baratta presents a history of the practical, political efforts to establish a federal world government. Its introduction is available on line. The on-line book A Global Parliament - Principles of World Federation, written as a textbook for a course on the subject of federal world government, provides an overview with emphasis on the EU and its history as a practical precedent. Manifesto for a New World Order ...

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While sharing a similar objective, FWG activists promote a number of different, sometimes conflicting, approaches, which may be broadly grouped into the following categories: World government - Regional integration. Geographical federations would form in all parts of the world, serving as an example and an inspiration for the subsequent formation of an additional (or alternative) global layer of government. Opponents of this approach fear that competition between ...

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World government, World government - Principles of world federalism, World government - Historical background, World government - History of the world government idea, World government - Voluntary unions of polities, World government - The current global governance system, World government - Recognized deficiencies, World government - The case for FWG, World government - No more wars no more oppression, World government - More effective handling of global issues, World government - Common critiques, World government - FWG is not desirable, World government - FWG is not a realistic goal, World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG, World government - Regional integration, World government - Incremental reform, World government - Integration of democracies first, World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people, World government - Resources, World government - Published Works, World government - Organizations, World government - Websites, World government - More links

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The two principal arguments in favour of establishing a FWG are that it would (1) eliminate the need for violent means in resolving large-scale conflicts; and (2) improve the effectiveness of handling global issues. World government - No more wars no more oppression. A FWG would provide more effective means for resolving large-scale conflicts without the use of force, thereby eliminating the need for large national military forces. The reduction of national military forces would also enable: r ...

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World government, World government - Principles of world federalism, World government - Historical background, World government - History of the world government idea, World government - Voluntary unions of polities, World government - The current global governance system, World government - Recognized deficiencies, World government - The case for FWG, World government - No more wars no more oppression, World government - More effective handling of global issues, World government - Common critiques, World government - FWG is not desirable, World government - FWG is not a realistic goal, World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG, World government - Regional integration, World government - Incremental reform, World government - Integration of democracies first, World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people, World government - Resources, World government - Published Works, World government - Organizations, World government - Websites, World government - More links

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This section details the main objections to promoting the idea of a FWG, each with a typical response of FWG advocates. These Objections fall into two categories: (1) FWG is not a desirable goal for humanity, and (2) a FWG is not obtainable in the foreseeable future and is, therefore, not worth pursuing. World government - FWG is not desirable. A FWG would require establishing a substantial and expensive bureaucracy. A global parliament representing six billion constituents or a global "cabinet" of g ...

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World government, World government - Principles of world federalism, World government - Historical background, World government - History of the world government idea, World government - Voluntary unions of polities, World government - The current global governance system, World government - Recognized deficiencies, World government - The case for FWG, World government - No more wars no more oppression, World government - More effective handling of global issues, World government - Common critiques, World government - FWG is not desirable, World government - FWG is not a realistic goal, World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG, World government - Regional integration, World government - Incremental reform, World government - Integration of democracies first, World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people, World government - Resources, World government - Published Works, World government - Organizations, World government - Websites, World government - More links

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While substantial differences exist between advocates of world federalism regarding the best approach to take in bringing about a world federation (see Activism), there is consensus regarding the principles underlying the operation of such a government. These principles include the following: Enforceable secular global law principally aimed at protecting individual human rights. (In contrast with current international law, global law would apply to individual persons, not nations, ie, there would be no collective punishment of p ...

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World government, World government - Principles of world federalism, World government - Historical background, World government - History of the world government idea, World government - Voluntary unions of polities, World government - The current global governance system, World government - Recognized deficiencies, World government - The case for FWG, World government - No more wars no more oppression, World government - More effective handling of global issues, World government - Common critiques, World government - FWG is not desirable, World government - FWG is not a realistic goal, World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG, World government - Regional integration, World government - Incremental reform, World government - Integration of democracies first, World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people, World government - Resources, World government - Published Works, World government - Organizations, World government - Websites, World government - More links

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World government - Published Works. The Politics of World Federation by Joseph P. Baratta presents a history of the practical, political efforts to establish a FWG. Its introduction is available on line. The on-line book A Global Parliament - Principles of World Federation, written as a textbook for a course on the subject of FWG, provides an overview with emphasis on the EU and its history as a practical precedent. Taking Democracy Global: Assessing the Benefits and Challenges of a Global ...

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World government, World government - Principles of world federalism, World government - Historical background, World government - History of the world government idea, World government - Voluntary unions of polities, World government - The current global governance system, World government - Recognized deficiencies, World government - The case for FWG, World government - No more wars no more oppression, World government - More effective handling of global issues, World government - Common critiques, World government - FWG is not desirable, World government - FWG is not a realistic goal, World government - Approaches to effecting a FWG, World government - Regional integration, World government - Incremental reform, World government - Integration of democracies first, World government - Direct creation of FWG by the people, World government - Resources, World government - Published Works, World government - Organizations, World government - Websites, World government - More links

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