The article discusses the connections between postconstitutionalism and the Anthropocene,
a term denoting the human impact on ecosystems. Anthropocene implicates an integration
of the bio-physical context (nature) in the design of social institutions and choices among
different technological and productive options, as well as the evaluation of potentially conflicting
interests and new arrangements of the social contract. In this context it is therefore
imperative to conceive of ecosystems and institutions as interdependent and the perspective
is that of a co-evolution of ecosystems and institutions. This will pose the critical issue of
how liberal democracy can morph into a new constitutional compact in which nature and
society interact thus implicating a plurality of modes of representation of citizens through incremental
forms of deliberative democracy. The article analyzes different potential scenarios
of postconstitutionalism and then specifically discusses among them the development of
“glocal polities” which mobilize non-monetary resources and govern “commons”, outlining
a resilient posticostitutionalism based on a concept of “glocalism” and which relies on reflexivity
and deliberative democracy. The article concludes by discussing the network internal
structure of local polities and the polycentric architecture of inter-connected glocal polities
which develop and promote political goals.