Dawn of the Cosmopolitan: The Hope of a Global Citizens Movement
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DAWN OF THE COSMOPOLITAN:........................................................................................................................1
THE HOPE OF A GLOBAL CITIZENS MOVEMENT..........................................................................................1
ORION KRIEGMAN...................................................................................................................................................1
WITH.............................................................................................................................................................................1
FRANCK AMALRIC &...............................................................................................................................................1
JOHN WOOD...............................................................................................................................................................1
AUGUST, 2006..............................................................................................................................................................1
DAWN OF THE COSMOPOLITAN: .......................................................................................................................1
THE HOPE OF A GLOBAL CITIZENS MOVEMENT..........................................................................................1
PROLOGUE: HUMAN AGENCY IN THE GREAT TRANSITION.....................................................................1
THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE LATENT POTENTIAL FOR A GLOBAL
CITIZENS MOVEMENT............................................................................................................................................2
P
LANETARY
PHASE
OF
HISTORY
:
SUPPORT
FOR
THE
LATENCY
HYPOTHESIS
.................................................................................5
C
OSMOPOLITAN
IDENTITY
.................................................................................................................................................6
LESSONS FROM SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: HURDLES FOR A SYSTEMIC GLOBAL MOVEMENT.........9
A
SWEEPING
HISTORY
OF
SYSTEMIC
SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS
......................................................................................................10
T
ODAY
’
S
GLOBAL
JUSTICE
MOVEMENT
..............................................................................................................................11
L
IMITS
OF
EXISTING
MOVEMENTS
.....................................................................................................................................12
L
ESSONS
FOR
A
GCM..................................................................................................................................................14
CONTOURS OF A GLOBAL CITIZENS MOVEMENT .....................................................................................16
C
ONSTRUCTING
A
SHARED
VISION
....................................................................................................................................18
N
EW
FORMS
OF
LEADERSHIP
...........................................................................................................................................20
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................................................22
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................................24
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