World government is here!

Robert E. Goodin*

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    Abstract

    World government has long been the great bogeyman of international political theorizing. It spooked Immanuel Kant. At one point in his essay Perpetual Peace he speaks of it as a "soulless despotism" that would threaten to "choke the seeds of good." It has similarly spooked generations of writers ever since. But what is it exactly about world government that people find so scary?.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationVarieties of Sovereignty and Citizenship
    PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
    Pages149-165
    Number of pages17
    Volume9780812207484
    ISBN (Electronic)9780812207484
    ISBN (Print)9780812244564
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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