ABSTRACT
The point of departure for a discussion of the transnational social question is a growing awareness of cross-border interdependence along crucial issues of social inequalities and their implications not only for the global South but beyond. The contention around inequalities refers to international conventions declaring social rights, actually existing social standards, and moral convictions. Surveying the normative and political-sociological theories capable of capturing today's transnational question yields insights into the framing of social inequalities. Such an analysis must also include a new aspect of the social question—climate and environmental destruction—in what could be called the socio-ecological question. This review raises the question whether concepts such as social rights and citizenship are adequate to describe contemporary social inequalities and the ways in which these can be addressed.
