Beyond Global Governance

James A. Yunker is a professor of Economics at Western Illinois University, where his teaching responsibilities include microeconomic theory, mathematical economics, and econometrics. Yunker has published numerous articles in professional journals and several books, including Political Globalization: A New Vision of Federal World Government (University Press of America, 2007).

• , Preface, , Abstracts and Acknowledgements, , , 1, Beyond Global Governance: Prospects for Global Government, , Governance without Government, , A New Opportunity?, , “Traditional” World Government Proposals, , A New Approach to World Government, , The Chicken or the Egg?, , A Stable and Benign “New World Order”?, , , 2, Recent Consideration of World Government in the IR Literature: A Critical Appraisal, , Introduction, , IR Theory and World Government, , The Inevitability Proposition, , Between the U.N. and the Omnipotent World State, , Conclusion, , , 3, Evolutionary World Government, , Introduction, , A Brief History of World Government, , A Brief History of Socialism, , Recent Developments in World Federalist Thought, , Limited versus Unlimited World Government, , Prospects for Global Economic Equality, , The Case for (Limited) Federal World Government, , , 4, From National Sovereignty to Global Government: Is There a Plausible Transition Path? , , A Pragmatic Plan toward World Government, , What Can World Federalists Do?, , Conclusion, , , 5, Should the United States Champion World Government?, , The Omnipotent World State, , Limited World Government, , A Global Marshall Plan, , Hegemony versus Guidance, , , , Index, , About the Author,

James Yunker offers in this work a provocative and nuanced argument for limited world government. His account is particularly notable for the sustained attention it gives to tyranny concerns, and for its accessible application of economic principles to issues related to global poverty and economic inequality. The book should be of interest to students of global governance and international relations more generally, but also those concerned with some possible means of addressing sustainable and globally comprehensive economic development.