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Uniting States: Voluntary Union in World Politics

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What causes a state to unify voluntarily with another state? In Uniting States, Joseph Parent argues that unions are the balancing coalitions of last resort. Elites can weld separate states into a lasting union only when facing particularly serious threats. Drawing on five major historical cases of union--the United States, Switzerland, Sweden--Norway, Gran Colombia, and the European Union--this book sheds new light on political polarization, state dissolution, federalism, and the possibility of uniting without ...

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Uniting States: Voluntary Union in World Politics 2011, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780199782208

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Uniting States: Voluntary Union in World Politics 2011, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780199782192

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