TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parent,Joseph M.
TI  - Uniting States: voluntary union in world politics 
SN  - 9780199919147 (ebook) :
AV  - JC355 .P33 2011
U1  - 327.116 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Federal government
KW  - Confederation of states
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - United States
KW  - European federation
KW  - Latin American federation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - What causes states to politically unify voluntarily? This text develops a realist explanation of voluntary union and argues that unions are the balancing coalitions of last resort
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199782192.001.0001
ER  -