%0 Journal Article %T Cosmopolitanism and the Right to be Legal: The Practical Poverty of Concepts %A Julten Abdelhalim %J Transcience : a Journal of Global Studies %D 2010 %I Global Studies Programme %X The idea of cosmopolitanism is rooted in European Enlightenment thought. However, the right to move around the globe is reserved to privileged citizens. The article discusses this dilemma in a theoretical and an empirical manner. %K cosmopolitanism %K human rights %U http://www2.hu-berlin.de/transcience/Vol1_Issue1_2010_63_86_abdelhalim.pdf