%0 Journal Article
%T Transformation of the Political Theory: Cosmopolitan Citizenship and Democracy
%A Gabriel P¨Śrez P¨Śrez
%J Open Journal of Political Science
%P 314-348
%@ 2164-0513
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojps.2019.92018
%X This paper is concerned with the topic of cosmopolitan citizenship and
its relation to democracy. We begin by highlighting the main postulates of
Kantian cosmopolitanism, as many theorists Kant contributes an idea of
cosmopolitan citizenship linked to the need to establish international
political institutions that support citizenship beyond an exclusively moral
dimension. We then discuss the issue of the transformation undergone by the
nation state in the context of globalization, particularly the loss of
sovereignty of the state and the growth of multinational companies, and how
these changes have come to set a new scenario for the emergence of
international actors and the basis for various citizenship practices in a
cosmopolitan dimension. The nature and current reach of cosmopolitan
citizenship is explored through two fundamental cases: the European Union, and
ecologic citizenship. Finally, we discuss cosmopolitan democracy and which
ought to be its characteristics, among which we identify the establishment of
supranational political institutions, the consolidation of a global civil
society, and the establishment of mechanisms for citizen participation beyond
the traditional ones situated in the national sphere.
%K Citizenship
%K Democracy
%K Cosmopolitan
%K Globalization
%K State
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=91774