ABSTRACT
Modem theories of political philosophy, concerned with striking a legitimate balance between the two traditional levels of political action - individual and state - have proposed a variety of different interpretations, but have often failed to expand their arguments to the wider vision necessary for a comprehensive theory of political justice. Concentrating on the domestic political sphere, conventional political theory seems ill-equipped to deal with the repeated challenges generated by recent global transformations, which affect both the traditional socio-political structure of the nation-state and the conventional political concepts underpinning it. Within this context, the relevance of cosmopolitan theories resides in the capacity to enlarge and rebalance the political perspective by including a number of further significant, international aspects, which pertain to the other major level of political action - the global.
