{"product_id":"debating-cosmopolitics-isbn-9781859844373","title":"Debating Cosmopolitics","description":"Cosmopolitics, the concept of a world politics based on shared democratic values, is in an increasingly fragile state. While Western democracies insist ever more vehemently upon a maintenance of their privileges—freedom of speech, security, wealth—an increasing number of the world’s inhabitants are under threat of poverty, famine and war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is needed, the writers suggest, is a deliberate decision to extend the principles and values of democracy to the sphere of international relations. Recent experience does not bode well, but their arguments, which range from reform of the United Nations, reduction of military weapons, additional power for international judiciary institutions and an increase in aid to developing countries, urge new and inspired action.\u003cb\u003eDaniele Archibugi\u003c\/b\u003e is a director at the Italian National Research Council. He is the author of, among other works, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan Democracy: An Agenda for a New World Order\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGlobal Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, a special issue of \u003ci\u003ePeace Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Blackburn\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the New School in New York and the University of Essex in the UK. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Making of New World Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Overthrow of Colonial Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAge Shock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBanking on Death\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Brennan \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of comparative literature, cultural studies, and English at the University of Minnesota. His books include \u003ci\u003eAt Home in the World: Cosmopolitanism Now\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eWars of Position: The Cultural Politics of the Left and Right\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes for a number of journals, including \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Falk\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor of International Law Emeritus at Princeton University and since 2002 is Visiting Professor of Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Gowan\u003c\/b\u003e (1946–2009) taught international relations for many years at London Metropolitan University. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Global Gamble\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Calculus of Power\u003c\/i\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Question of Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, cofounder of the journal \u003ci\u003eLabour Focus on Eastern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, and a longstanding member of the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e—who published an interview with Peter Gowan along with an obituary in Sept–Oct 2009.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300448030949,"sku":"NP9781859844373","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781859844373.jpg?v=1767724925","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/debating-cosmopolitics-isbn-9781859844373","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}