A key question of cosmopolitanism is how to democratize the global system. How to transpose principles and practices that have been created within the framework of the nation-state into this global system? How to develop new forms of democracy with something other than a territorial foundation? How to go beyond national citizenship if there is no formal cosmopolitan citizenship? Which plausible conception of organization, praxis and historical transformation would then correspond to it? There is no democratic representation in the most influential international organizations and global institutions of governance. On the other hand, there are a number of forms of association in civil society that transcend borders, creating new forms of citizenship - citizenship in network, in contrast to territorial citizenship. Modern political theory conceived the exercise of democratic citizenship and legitimate representation as fully exercised only within the framework of local political institutions, but the theory of justice has been increasingly developing in the last years to conceive new forms of democracy and citizenship beyond the state as well. If the state still makes strong, imposing changes in the global order, in some domains the behaviour of individual actors can decisively shape global politics.

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This conference invites contributions that explore democratization of transnational relations and new forms of transnational citizenship.

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