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.
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 fighting.
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