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Ambition ’s latest collection of news and research is packed with thought-provoking insights, including the importance of optimism, why professionals don’t all aspire to reach the c-suite and the appetite for a world government designed to cure global political malaise. Compiled by Tim Banerjee Dhoul and Ellen Buchan
DESIRE FOR A WORLD GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON SOLVING GLOBAL ISSUES
SCHOOL : DCU Business School, Dublin City University COUNTRY : Ireland
in Egypt, India, Kenya, Indonesia, South Korea, Colombia and Hungary – nations of sweeping sizes and regional contexts, showcasing a broad appeal. The findings were published in Who on Earth Wants a World Government, What Kind, and Why? by the University of Oxford’s Farsan Ghassim and Markus Pauli, an assistant professor in political science at Dublin City University (DCU), home to DCU Business School. Commenting on the high levels of support identified, Pauli said: “This reflects the global will to address crises such as climate change, war and poverty – all of them core sustainable development goals – with the help of stronger, democratic global institutions. The support by majorities in all surveyed countries – with the notable exception of the US – reflects people’s perception that the current global governance system is not capable of tackling major global challenges and needs to be reformed.” TBD
In a survey of more than 42,000 people from 17 different countries worldwide, 69 per cent voiced their support for the creation of a democratic international government designed primarily to tackle global issues. The countries polled are home to around 54 per cent of the world’s population and span the global South, North, East and West. Among individual countries, only those in the US (45 per cent) did not return a majority in support of the proposal for a “democratic world government focusing on global issues”. The specific wording is important, as variations in the survey produced differing levels of enthusiasm. While only 48 per cent supported the notion of a “world government” without definition, specifying that it would be democratic raised the proportion to 68 per cent. Throwing in a focus on global issues at the same time, meanwhile, levied support from an average of 69 per cent. The highest levels of support, where 75 per cent to 82 per cent of respondents were in favour of the proposal, came from those
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