The significance of borders : why representative government and the rule of law require nation states / / by Thierry Baudet.

• Author: Baudet, Thierry.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

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.