Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order

by Anthony Pagden

Today the majority of the peoples of the planet live in nation-states, based upon the idea, if never the reality, of a single people, a single culture, a single rule of law and a single source of sovereign authority. But will they continue to do so in the future?

None of the major challenges that confront humanity today - from climate change to disease, from terrorism to mass migration - can be handled effectively by single nation-states,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509565396
• ISBN13: 9781509565399
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 220 Pages