Why a World State is Unavoidable in Planetary Defense : On
Loopholes in the Vision of a Cosmopolitan Governance

C 2019

Why a World State is Unavoidable in Planetary Defense : On Loopholes in the Vision of a Cosmopolitan Governance

DUFEK, Pavel

Basic information

Original name

Why a World State is Unavoidable in Planetary Defense : On Loopholes in the Vision of a Cosmopolitan Governance

Authors

DUFEK, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cham, Planetary Defense : Global Collaboration for Defending Earth from Asteroids and Comets, p. 375-399, 25 pp. Space and Society, 2019

Publisher

Springer

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50600 5.6 Political science

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

link to publisher's website

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00107213

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-3-030-00999-1

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_24

Keywords (in Czech)

kosmopolitní vládnutí; světový stát; globální makrosekuritizace; demokratická legitimita; kolektivní jednání; sdílená identita

Keywords in English

Cosmopolitan governance; World state; Global macrosecuritization; Democratic legitimacy; Collective action; Common identity

Abstract

V originále

The idea of global planetary defense against threats from outer space requires an effective global decision-making system that would both implement the necessary technology (or oversee its implementation) and deploy it in case of emergency. The main claim of this chapter is that planetary defense against asteroids, as variously envisioned in the chapters in this book, cannot be implemented under a “semi-cosmopolitan” model of democratic global governance. All relevant indices point to the necessity of establishing a global political authority with legitimate coercive powers, one that retains basic elements of statehood. Put bluntly, planetary-wide, physical-threat, all-comprehensive macrosecuritisation , coupled with deep transformations of international law, global centralization of core decision-making powers, de-stigmatization of nuclear weapons, and the like, can hardly proceed, succeed, and be implemented in a non-hierarchical international system where PD constitutes only one regime among many and states basically remain the major actors – sovereign principals. However, it remains to be seen whether such a political system can be in any recognizable sense democratic.

Links

GA16-13980S, research and development project

Name: Liberální demokracie v době krize

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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DUFEK, Pavel. Why a World State is Unavoidable in Planetary Defense : On Loopholes in the Vision of a Cosmopolitan Governance. In Nikola Schmidt. Planetary Defense : Global Collaboration for Defending Earth from Asteroids and Comets. Cham: Springer, 2019, p. 375-399. Space and Society. ISBN 978-3-030-00999-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01000-3_24.

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