Pax Democratica: A Strategy for the 21st Century

By James Robert Huntley

Book Overview

After a turbulent century characterized by vast bloodshed, but also by the spread of democratic government and humane values, the author suggests that the great democracies - led by Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the United States - should form an intercontinental community of democracies - a Pax Democratica according to the author. He argues that such a union will culminate centuries of evolution in world order: from empires to balance-of-power Realpolitik, more recently from cooperative international institutions to an era of supranational communities, composed of likeminded peoples and organized around democratic principles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333945980
• ISBN13: 9780333945988
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An idea whose time may come

Some ideas are so basic that it takes a whole book to work out their implications. Such is the concept behind "Pax Democratica," a rather detailed proposal for getting democratic governments organized for mutual support in the ongoing struggle against tyranny and despotism. "Pax Democratica" could turn out to be a breakthrough in thinking about the future. Or we could just stick to science-fiction dystopias and the globalization of oppression ... take your pick!(The average reader will not need all the information on the rating system for various democracies, hence this 5 star idea gets 4 stars on the basis of readability. But perhaps it's unfair to hold a serious policy proposal to the same standards as a more popular work.)