Open AccessCosmopolitanism – an alternative for Global Governance?
Author(s) -
Stefan Wallaschek
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
politikon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1583-3984
pISSN - 2414-6633
DOI - 10.22151/politikon.23.10
Subject(s) - cosmopolitanism , normative , corporate governance , global governance , position (finance) , relevance (law) , sociology , relation (database) , international relations , multi level governance , positive economics , political science , politics , epistemology , law and economics , law , economics , computer science , management , philosophy , finance , database
In the last decades Global Governance was one of the most used and contested terms in International Relations. Many researchers have shown that the concept is overstretched and they call for alternatives. Can Cosmopolitanism as a “new” international political theory be an alternative? I will propose a new theoretical model which can be used to analyze cosmopolitanism empirically. Drawing on both normative and empirical research on cosmopolitanism I demonstrate the necessary combination of both. I formulate a two-axes-model which is based on norms and conflicts. Such a theoretically based and empirically applicable model can be used to analyze different (claims of) actors in relation to a (cosmopolitan) position. In addition the model gives researchers the opportunity to scrutinize the relevance of international norms on different levels and thus offers a possible visualization of the interconnection between global arrangements and local activities. Therefore the model presents an alternative to Global Governance.