by Leopold Kohr · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781870098984
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«The Breakdown of Nations» is Leopold Kohr's political philosophy essay, published by Green Books in 2001 in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Kohr argues that large, centralised states generate inefficiency, oppression and conflict, while small communities favour peace, creativity and prosperity. Against ever-larger political unions, he proposes dissolving big countries into smaller, autonomous states, with leaders who are close to and accountable to the citizenry.
This 2001 edition includes forewords by Neal Ascherson and Richard Body; the work was originally published in 1957.
For readers of political philosophy and state theory, interested in the debate on decentralisation, the size of nations and power.
