Reconsidering institutional cosmopolitanism

Global poverty and the importance of the state in international political theory

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ID12734064
AuthorsSteven Slaughter (0000-0003-4385-6151, Deakin University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume21
Issue1
Pages37-52
Publication date2009-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Change Peace & Security (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-1158 • E-ISSN: 1478-1166
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14781150802659309
OpenAlexW1993762611
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Cosmopolitan scholarship has been at the forefront of efforts to consider political structures capable of realising justice in a more robust manner than prevailing global governance arrangements. In particular, the arguments of Thomas Pogge have contributed significantly to scholarly thinking about global poverty and his scheme of ‘institutional cosmopolitanism’ aspires to institutionalise human rights in the structures of global governance. This essay critiques the capacity of Pogge's cosmopolitan approach to productively guide political action in relation to global poverty by questioning whether global institutions generated by human rights are sufficient to address global poverty. The argument in this essay is that a viable guide to political action which alleviates global poverty must also take account of the potential utility of the state. This essays draws upon republican ideas to contend that cosmopolitanism needs to encompass a robust account of local institutions such as the state

Argument (complex analysis · Cosmopolitanism · Global governance · Global justice · Global politics · Human rights · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Scholarship · Sociology · State (computer science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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