Literature review :

1) A Plea for World Government Author(s): Cord Meyer, Jr. Source: The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science , Vol. 264, World Government (Jul.,
1949), pp. 6-13 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American
Academy of Political and Social Science Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1028081 Accessed: 13-07-2016 10:31 UTC
-The difficulty in the extremely ideal concept of a world government as indicative of a
utopian outlook.
-Despite these difficulties, sufficient resources are being redirected towards the creation
of a world government.
-The only way to observe world peace, through a law above the law of nations.
-Economic implications of rearmament-since defence is a necessary externality.
-The harms of modern day warfare.
-The need for improvement of living standards.
Weakness of the UN, the proposed changes and the detriment of the arms race.
-The prospect of not having global unification.
2)Problems of World Government Author(s): J. Gordon Stanier Source: The American
Scholar , Vol. 12, No. 1 (WINTER 1942-43), pp. 124-125 Published by: The Phi Beta
Kappa Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41203646 Accessed: 13-07-2016
10:42 UTC
The paper highlights and expounds upon the instant repercussions of a world government
like (a) Nationalists will protest against any pro posal to sacrifice sovereignty by
permitting a majority of small nations to overrule great Powers, jealous of their historic
traditions and privileges. (b) Internationalists will object to limita tions imposed on the
central government, especially if they result in its domination by the great Powers. (c)
Conservatives will resent any constitutional change, preferring to bear the ills they have
than fly to others they know not of. (d) Radicals will criticize any provisional or
incomplete scheme, as mere tinkering, an illogical compromise that satisfies nobody
3)The United Nations or World Government Author(s): Robert Mills McClintock Source:
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science , Vol. 264, World
Government (Jul., 1949), pp. 26-30 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. in association
with the American Academy of Political and Social Science Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1028084 Accessed: 14-07-2016 05:50 UTC
-whether the american prospect of a world government is a feasible one?
-Logistical issues such as means and foreign policies to attain the goal
-The peace principle
-Divergent political Communist/capitalistic views
-Instances of failure of the UN with respect to control of atomic power
-Basis of representation
-Lack of agreement

-significance of regional groupings

4)World Government as a Goal Author(s): Mauricio Nabuco Source: The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science , Vol. 264, World Government (Jul.,
1949), pp. 1-5 Published by: Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American
Academy of Political and Social Science Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1028080 Accessed: 13-07-2016 10:27 UTC
-restrcited movement of persons and goods
-notions of boundaries?
-social integration
-is this the right time for a world government?
-promising prospects and the study of how the implementation procedure would work
5)The Demand for World Government Author(s): Clyde Eagleton Source: The American
Journal of International Law , Vol. 40, No. 2 (Apr., 1946), pp. 390-394 Published by:
American Society of International Law Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2193199
Accessed: 13-07-2016 10:36 UTC
-The atomic bomb as an impetus to reform politcial regimes on an international scale.
-whether looking at the UNO as means of peace administration is sufficient
-the difference between an international government and a world government
-the concepts of political progress and the variation of the powers of sovereignsovereignty as a relative concept-compared to freedom and liberty where there is no
absolution of powers
6)World Federalism: A Misapplication of American Experience Author(s): John C.
Ranney Source: American Bar Association Journal , Vol. 33, No. 6 (JUNE 1947), pp.
567-570, 641-643 Published by: American Bar Association Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25715998 Accessed: 14-07-2016 06:18 UTC
-The application of the american federal system on the global context
-diversity of the american states cant be evaluated to the ones in the european or asian
states
-Varying social and politcial identities and ideologies.
-Russia? Would they join? Can be have a world organization without it?
-critical appraisal of the veto of the principal powers.