This detailed and timely volume examines the impact of global transformations on concepts of civil society. Providing solid case studies, it evaluates changing notions of ethics and how these transformations are operationalized. Contents: Globalization, cosmopolitanism and the problem of civil society: some introductory remarks, Darren J. O'Byrne; Principles of a global ethic, Bhikhu Parekh; Cosmopolitan political community: why does it feel so right? Kate Nash; Towards an embodied global ethic, Luigi Esposito and John W. Murphy; Consequentialist cosmopolitanism and global political agency, Raffaelle Marchetti; Global ethics: foundations and methodologies, Heather Widdows; Informal sociality, cosmopolitanism and gender among transnational professionals: unraveling some of the linkages between the global economy and civil society, Paul Kennedy; The global compact: corporate citizenship in action, but is it enough? Lisa Whitehouse; Transnational corporations: power, influence and responsibility, Sorcha MacLeod and Douglas Lewis; Global civil society and spaces of resistance, Ray Kiely; Global citizenship, globalization and citizenship-an unholy trio? Nigel Dower; Concluding remarks: global and local, migration and morality, John Eade; Index.