The European Union, the United Nations, and the Revival of Confederal Governance
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The European Union, the United Nations, and the Revival of Confederal Governance
By (Author) Frederick Lister
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
11th July 1996
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
International institutions
Political science and theory
321.04094
Physical Properties
Hardback
200
Description
Before it became a federation, the United States was briefly a "confederation", a much looser union composed of states rather than of peoples. "Unions of states" to promote economic well-being and to prevent war are now being revived. This study analyzes modern confederalism and how it is functioning in the single market of the European Union. It discusses how it might function if the collective security system of the United Nations could be carried out, as originally planned, by a confederal-style partnership of the world's independent states.
Author Bio
FREDERICK K. LISTER is a veteran of 34 years of service in the UN Secretariat where he helped to coordinate the many interlocking activities of the UN and its 15 specialized agencies. In his retirement, he has engaged in research on international organizations as a senior research fellow of the Ralph Bunche Institute at CUNY.
