Waning of imperialism: International institutions ; Cold War ; Post-Cold War tensions -- Capitalist crisis and the threat to US hegemony: post-war boom ; Prolonged downturn ; Global crisis ; Implications of the crisis for US world dominance ; Free-market myth ; Self-contradictory strategies -- Corporate interests versus public interest: problem with competition ; Inevitability of state intervention ; Intensifying contradictions ; Western democracy ; Impending disintegration -- World trade system: a study in the failure of globalization: hypocrisy in action: the example of free trade in agriculture ; Deregulation and anarchy -- Crisis of underdevelopment searching for a new model -- In place of the 'Free' market -- Transition to supranationalism: reforming the UN system -- Path to democracy: crisis of credibility ; Third world contradictions ; Corporate governance in the new order ; Integration and inclusion -- Making government more representative and accountable

1. International economic relations
2. Free trade -- Social aspects
3. Capitalism -- Social aspects
4. Democracy -- Economic aspects
5. International business enterprises -- Social aspects
6. Globalization -- Social aspects
7. Globalization -- Economic aspects