TY  - JOUR
ID  - 6073
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/barnes_forging_perfect_unions
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Forging More Perfect Unions
T2  - 
JF  - Journal of Bahá'í Studies
JA  - JBS
A1  - Barnes,William
A2  - 
A3  - 
Y1  - 1992
Y2  - 
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 11
M2  - 
PB  - Association for Bahá'í Studies North America
CY  - Ottawa, ON
M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
L3  - 
DO  - 
U1  - 
U2  - 
U3  - 
AB  - Social advances toward inclusive political structures must be accompanied by a moral advance toward universal values; three stages of global political unification as described in the Bahá’í writings are confederation, federation, and commonwealth.
N1  - Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/437. See also Commentary (J. Grayzel, 1994) and Response (Barnes, 1994).
C1  - 
KW  - Advancement of civilization
KW  - Collaboration and cooperation
KW  - Competition
KW  - Government
KW  - Maturity of humanity
KW  - Politics
KW  - The Hague, Netherlands
KW  - Unity
KW  - Unity of humanity
ER  -