Taking aim at the belief in utopia's demise, this collection of original essays offers a new look at the vibrant renewal of utopianism emerging in response to the challenges of globalization. It consider questions of hope and transformation associated with the utopian desire for social change.

ARSHIN ADIB-MOGHADDAM teaches comparative politics and international relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK JEFFREY C. ALEXANDER is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University, USA PETER BEILHARZ is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Thesis Eleven Centre for Cultural Sociology at La Trobe University, Australia GIOREL CURRAN is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and Public Policy and Researcher in the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University, Australia LINCOLN DAHLBERG teaches in the School of Journalism and Communication at The University of Queensland, Australia CHRISTINE ELLEM is a PhD candidate in Sociology at La Trobe University, Australia LEELA GANDHI is Professor of English at the University of Chicago, USA MICHAEL GARDINER is Professor in Sociology at The University of Western Ontario, Canada GREGOR MCLENNAN is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK RONALDO MUNCK is currently part of Dublin City University's 'matrix model management' in charge of internationalisation and social development (www.dcu.ie/themes), Ireland LARRY RAY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, UK ANDREW ROBINSON is an activist and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice in the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK BARRY SMART is Professor of Sociologyat the University of Portsmouth, UK SIMON TORMEY is Professor of Politics and Critical Theory, founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK