The significance of borders : why representative government and the rule of law require nation states /
Baudet, Thierry.
The significance of borders : why representative government and the rule of law require nation states / by Thierry Baudet. - 1 online resource (xx, 271 pages) - International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223271. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-264) and index.
Preliminary Material -- The Rise of Borders: Introduction -- The State -- Sovereignty -- The Nation -- Conclusion -- The Assault on Borders: Introduction -- Supranational Courts -- Supranational Organizations -- Multiculturalism -- Conclusion -- The Need for Borders: Government -- The Fallacies of Universalism -- The Particularism of Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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For the Online Edition , please go to: : click here. For almost three-quarters of a century, the countries of Western Europe have abandoned national sovereignty as an ideal. Nation states are being dismantled: by supranationalism from above, by multiculturalism from below. This book explains why supranationalism and multiculturalism are in fact irreconcilable with representative government and the rule of law. It challenges one of the most central beliefs in contemporary legal and political philosophy, which is that borders are bound to disappear.
9789004228122
10.1163/9789004228122 DOI
2012018443
Boundaries.
Sovereignty.
State, The.
Nation-state.
Representative government and representation.
Rule of law.
Multiculturalism.
KZ4041 / .B38 2012
320.1
The significance of borders : why representative government and the rule of law require nation states / by Thierry Baudet. - 1 online resource (xx, 271 pages) - International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223271. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-264) and index.
Preliminary Material -- The Rise of Borders: Introduction -- The State -- Sovereignty -- The Nation -- Conclusion -- The Assault on Borders: Introduction -- Supranational Courts -- Supranational Organizations -- Multiculturalism -- Conclusion -- The Need for Borders: Government -- The Fallacies of Universalism -- The Particularism of Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
For the Online Edition , please go to: : click here. For almost three-quarters of a century, the countries of Western Europe have abandoned national sovereignty as an ideal. Nation states are being dismantled: by supranationalism from above, by multiculturalism from below. This book explains why supranationalism and multiculturalism are in fact irreconcilable with representative government and the rule of law. It challenges one of the most central beliefs in contemporary legal and political philosophy, which is that borders are bound to disappear.
9789004228122
10.1163/9789004228122 DOI
2012018443
Boundaries.
Sovereignty.
State, The.
Nation-state.
Representative government and representation.
Rule of law.
Multiculturalism.
KZ4041 / .B38 2012
320.1