Cosmopolitanism and Sovereignty

Abstract

The human future suddenly seems open. This is an inspiration; we can step back and think more freely. Instead of containment or detente, political scientists are discussing grand pictures: the end of history, or the inevitable proliferation and mutual pacifism of capitalist democracies. And politicians are speaking of a new world order. My inspiration is a little more concrete. After developing a rough, cosmopolitan specification of our task to promote moral progress, I offer an idea for gradual global institutional reform. Dispersing political authority over nested territorial units would decrease the intensity of the struggle for power and wealth within and among states, thereby reducing the incidence of war, poverty, and oppression. In such a multilayered scheme, borders could be redrawn more easily to accord with the aspirations of peoples and communities.

Embracing Diversity: The Case of EquityRes, a Student Residence at Urban University

“…Among others this is attributed to the orientation programme that did not focus on intimidating first years or discriminating against them. Emphasising equality is aligned with the legal and moral standpoints of cosmopolitanism which advocates that all people are citizens of the world and should have comparable equal rights and duties and all persons are required to respect one another as fellow citizens (Pogge 1992;HESA 2014). It is also aligned with CRT which recognizes multiple layers of oppression and discrimination (Solorzano and Bernal 2001) and allows managers at universities to admit that their initiatives are motivated by the desire to eliminate all forms of subordination including racism, classism and sexism in higher education (Villalpando 2004).…”

“…Proponents of cosmopolitanism assume that this theory has a legal and a moral stand point (Pogge 1992;Beck and Sznaider 2006). Legal implications of cosmopolitanism depart from the notion that all people are citizens of the world and should have comparable equal rights and duties.…”

“…Legal implications of cosmopolitanism depart from the notion that all people are citizens of the world and should have comparable equal rights and duties. Whereas the moral implication of cosmopolitanism maintains that all individuals stand in certain moral relations to one another and are therefore required to respect one another (Pogge 1992). Institutional cosmopolitanism becomes relevant when dealing with ways of managing aspects of diversity (Yegenoglu 2005;Beck and Sznaider 2006;Hansen 2009;Vertovec 2010;Modood 2011).…”

“…Rules and practices that were introduced by residents were aligned with the vision, the slogan and the code of conduct that they had previously developed. In developing these rules, students adhered to the principle of cosmopolitanism that advocates a person's responsibility to refrain from violating other people's human rights (Pogge 1992 An orientation programme was developed by the Residence Management Committee aimed at creating an inclusive environment and empowering first year students. At EquityRes every person's voice counted.…”

Multi-level Governance as Political Theory

“…14 See Pogge (1992Pogge ( , 1994Pogge ( , 2002. The failure of future guarantee follows because Pogge's design: lacks the original's optimistic teleology.…”