David Held is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

• Figures, Boxes and Tables. Preface.Acknowledgements.Abbreviations.Introduction.PART I: ECONOMICS.1. Economic Globalization.2. Globalization, Stratification and Inequality.3. The Regulation of Economic Globalization: A New Policy Mix.PART II: POLITICS.4. Political Globalization.5. Globalization and the Challenges to Governance.6. The Reform of Global Governance.PART III: LAW.7. Sovereignty and the Changing Structure of International Law.8. Liberal International Sovereignty: Achievements and Limitations.9. The Development of Global Rules.PART IV: THE NEW AGENDA.10. Toward a Global Covenant: Global Social Democracy.Appendix: The Basis of a New Internationalism: Cosmopolitan Principles.References.Index

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