The theme of this special issue is the necessity of a cosmopolitan turn in social and political
theory. The question at the heart of this introductory chapter takes the challenge of …

Die Kernfragen dieses einleitenden Aufsatzes lauten: Wie können Gesellschafts-und
Politiktheorie theoretisch, methodologisch und empirisch für eine historisch …

Modern societies—Western and non-Western alike—are confronted with qualitatively new
problems, which create the “cosmopolitan imperative”: cooperate or fail! This cosmopolitan …

As against the current state of the art, this article argues for a cosmopolitan vision in the
social sciences and, more specifically, for a cosmopolitan turn in social and political theory …

The collapse of a world order is often a moment for reflection on the dominant social theory
and research of the time, but surprisingly this is not the case today. Mainstream social theory …

Transnational civil society activism has become increasingly prominent in world politics.
However, there are significant questions about how these emerging processes of …

Resumé Såvel vestlige som ikke-vestlige moderne samfund står over for kvalitativt nye
problemer, som udgør det” kosmopolitiske imperativ”: Samarbejd eller forgå! Dette …

The politics and ethics of redistribution has been the primary issue of concern in the
contemporary political theory, especially in the cosmopolitan traditions. Liberal …

Humanitarian intervention and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) are currently limited and
encumbered by a pervasive absence of a political will. In states' calculations, political …

This chapter studies the role of the PCD Unit of the OECD in the emerging international
epistemic community for Policy Coherence for Development. It identifies strategies and …