Cosmopolitanism in a Multipolar World: Soft Sovereignty in Democratic Regional Powers

311 Pages·2015·3.585 MB·English

by  Johannes Plagemann

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Cosmopolitanism in a
Multipolar World
Soft Sovereignty in Democratic Regional
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Johannes Plagemann
Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms x
Introduction 1
1 Cosmopolitanism, Sovereignty, and Multipolarity 5
1.1 Regional and rising powers in international political
theory 9
1.2 Cosmopolitanism 19
1.3 Cosmopolitan sovereignty and practice dependency 35
2 The Transformation of Sovereignty 45
2.1 Sovereignty on the subnational level 4 7
2.2 Sovereignty on the transnational level 4 9
2.3 Sovereignty on the supranational level 5 2
3 The Transformation of Sovereignty in Brazil 55
3.1 Subnational level 5 6
3.2 Transnational level 6 4
3.3 Supranational level 7 6
3.4 Brazil: conclusion 9 4
4 The Transformation of Sovereignty in India 1 00
4.1 Subnational level 1 02
4.2 Transnational level 1 18
4.3 Supranational level 1 30
4.4 India: conclusion 1 49
5 The Transformation of Sovereignty in South Africa 154
5.1 Subnational level 1 56
5.2 Transnational level 1 66
5.3 Supranational level 1 76
5.4 South Africa: conclusion 1 93
6 Soft Sovereignty and Fact-Sensitive Cosmopolitanism 199
6.1 Soft sovereignty and complex multipolarity 2 01
6.2 Complex multipolarity and cosmopolitanism 219
6.3 A moderate, plural, and embedded cosmopolitanism
for a complex and multipolar world 2 28
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Conclusion 240
Appendix 246
Notes 248
Bibliography 264
Index 291
Acknowledgements
I thank the people with whom I conducted interviews in South Africa,
Brazil, India, and Germany for generously sharing their experiences with
me. As a researcher based at the GIGA German Institute of Global and
Area Studies, I have appreciated immensely the helpful input from my
colleagues as well as the generous funding for field research. I am also
appreciative of the support of Dirk Nabers and Robert Kappel. As a guest
scholar at the Centre d’études et de recherches internationals (CERI) in
Paris, I had the opportunity to concentrate on developing the book while
enjoying an inspiring working atmosphere. In Johannesburg, colleagues
at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) were more
than helpful. Miriam Ronzoni and her Sofja-Kovaleskaja grant gener-
ously funded the editing process. My brother Florian and my friend Sara
Braun helped with the revision process of the typescript. Paula Bradish
greatly improved it. During field research in São Paulo, Antônio Ewbank
and Olga and Nico Fallmeier were more than welcoming. In Delhi, Henrik
Maihack made the trip a phenomenal experience. Thanks are also due to
Hasko von Kriegstein in Jerusalem and Julian Culp in Frankfurt whose
philosophical thinking improved the book immensely.
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