Światowe Forum Społeczne jako podmiot polityki kosmopolitycznej
World Social Forum as a subject of cosmopolitan politics

Summary/Abstract: The World Social Forum emerged at the beginning of the 21stcentury as the leading subject of the alterglobalist movement. It bringstogether movements that oppose neo-liberal globalization and fi ghtagainst the ever-weaker control of citizens over the actions of powerfulnational and supranational entities. As an institution uniting diversegroups excluded from all over the world, it aims to create a platform ofglobal resistance. The innovative dimension of the Forum is to challengethe narrow understanding of alternatives to the current economic andpolitical order and to create conditions for a cosmopolitan policy aimedat grassroots, decentralized and democratic global governance. The aimof the article is to present the characteristics of the World Social Forumas a subject of cosmopolitan politics, to show the challenges ahead andto reveal its political potential.

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