Antonino Palumbo is a political theorist who has recently worked on globalisation, the transformation of governance and the implications of changes in state steering for modern representative democracies. He holds an MA in PPE and a PhD in Politics from the University of East Anglia. Since 2002 he has been lecturer in political philosophy at Palermo University (Italy). He is also Honorary Senior Research Associate in the Department of Political Science, School of Public Policy, University College London. His research interests are in analytical theories of the state, human rights and social justice; state, identity and democratic theory; neoliberalism, governance and applied ethics. His most recent works are: La Polity reticolare (XL Edizioni, 2011) and Globalizzazione e governance delle societa multiculturali (co-edited with V. Segreto, Mimesis, 2011). He also is co-editor of Ashgate's four-volume Library of Contemporary Essays in Political Theory and Public Policy.