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Governing the World. The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present

Paperback • 2012 • English

Governing the World. The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present

By Mark Mazower

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<b>A majestic narrative reckoning with the forces that have shaped the nature and destiny of the world's governing institutions</b> <p>The story of global cooperation is a tale of dreamers goading us to find common cause in remedying humanity's worst problems. But international institutions are also tools for the powers that be to advance their own interests. Mark Mazower's <i>Governing the World</i> tells the epic, two-hundred-year story of that inevitable tension--the unstable and often surpri...Show more

Political science and theory
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9780143123941

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Governing the World. The History of an Idea, 1815 to the Present

Format

Paperback

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