Mazower, Mark, 1958-

Governing the world : the history of an idea / Mark Mazower. - xix, 475 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The era of internationalism. The concert of Europe, 1815-1914 -- Under the sign of the international -- Brotherhood -- The empire of law -- Science the unifier -- The League of Nations -- The battle of ideologies -- II. Governing the world the American way. "The League is dead. Long live the United Nations" -- Cold War realities, 1945-49 -- The second world, and the third -- Development as world-making, 1949-73 -- The United States in opposition -- The real new international economic order -- Humanity's law -- What remains : the crisis in Europe and after.

"A history of the project of world government, from the first post-Napoleonic visions of the brotherhood of man to the current crisis of global finance"--

9781594203497 (hardback) 15942034907 (hardback)

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International organization.
International cooperation.
International relations.
World politics.
Organización internacional
Cooperación internacional
Relaciones internacionales
Política mundial

JZ 1318 / M476g 2012

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