Political order and the challenge of governance

Moving beyond the nationalism-cosmopolitanism debate

Bibliographic Data

ID12848459
AuthorsOlle Frödin (0000-0001-5376-9006, Lund University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume14
Issue1
Pages65-79
Publication date2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDistinktion Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1600-910X • E-ISSN: 2159-9149
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1600910x.2012.756413
OpenAlexW2021157457
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited47

The paper concerns the preconditions for post-national politics and criticizes the idea, central to contemporary discussions on globalization and the future of welfare states, that political orders require an overarching solidarity, whether national or post-national, as a basic source of social cohesion. It outlines a theoretical framework to account for the complex relationships among identity, solidarity, community, and authority, in the constitution of modern political orders. On the basis of this framework, the paper argues that neither national nor post-national identities are essential sources of political order since people have multiple identities and solidarities that are not necessarily conflicting or mutually exclusive. Social cohesion and political order rather require different identities, linked to different interests and solidarities, to be brought in accord with each other. On the basis this understanding, the paper maintains that the most crucial challenge with regard to improving the conditions for global forms of governance is the establishment of domain consensus on global governance institutions, rather than the development of cosmopolitan identities

Constitution · Corporate governance · Cosmopolitanism · Economic system · Economics · Globalization · Law and economics · National identity · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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