Global Political Theory

"This collection, expertly edited by David Held and Pietro Maffettone, includes essays by some of the most prominent contributors to the current debate on global justice. The diversity of viewpoints represented and the real world problems and challenges to which they relate will provide the reader with a critical overview of the state of global justice as a philosophical inquiry, and why it actually matters."
Kok-Chor Tan, University of Pennsylvania
 
"Political theory needs to catch up with the fact that many of the problems we face today can only be solved at a global level. Global Political Theory brings together some of the leading thinkers working on the most important issues that the world must face over the coming decades. I hope it will help to set a new agenda for political theory."
Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University and author of One World Now
 
"If you want to join the debates about global justice, inequality, just war, territorial rights, and world trade, this is a book you have to read. Held and Maffettone have brought together a stellar group of academics, whose arguments are provocative, engaging, accessible, and important."
Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
 
"The global dimension of political theory is so important these days that, without it, one often cannot understand the application of theoretical ideas, not even within the context of a national state. The essays in this volume make clear why this is the case and highlight the continuity between global and state-level theory."
Jeremy Waldron, NYU Law School