Global Politics and Institutions: A 'Utopistic' View

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42, No. 41, pp. 4174-4182, October 13, 2007

9 Pages Posted: 12 Feb 2007 Last revised: 28 Nov 2008

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Sudhir Chella Rajan

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Date Written: October 13, 2007

Abstract

This paper emphasizes the political and institutional dimensions of a different possible world, one that conjoins the desires of progressive social movements everywhere and gestures towards a hopeful vision of new forms of collective action. Thus, it tries to outline the politics and institutions that would be most compatible with meeting humanity's complex and manifold goals, even as other social, technological, and economic changes take place. Its primary focus is the institutional arrangements that would facilitate a democratic global politics in the future, but it also lays out some current trends that show promise towards realizing such a future.

Keywords: global politics, cosmopolitanism, futures, world government

Suggested Citation

Rajan, Sudhir Chella, Global Politics and Institutions: A 'Utopistic' View (October 13, 2007). Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 42, No. 41, pp. 4174-4182, October 13, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=962135 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.962135

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