Paul Kennedy's best-selling book Preparing for the 21st Century, (Random House, 1993), puts him in the bestseller list of world historians. He is Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies, Institute for International Security Studies, Yale University.Dirk Messner is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.Franz Nuscheler is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.

• Preface1 Global Challenges at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Paul Kennedy2 World Society - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner3 World Economy - Structures and Trends by Heribert Dieter4 World Ecology – Structure and Trends by Udo Ernst Simonis and Tanja Brühl5 World Politics - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner and Franz Nuscheler6 Global Governance, Development, and Peace by Franz NuschelerIndex

'Essential reading for those interested in international political economies, because of its content and its contribution to the debate over the dynamics of globalisation'

Paul Kennedy's best-selling book Preparing for the 21st Century, (Random House, 1993), puts him in the bestseller list of world historians. He is Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies, Institute for International Security Studies, Yale University.Dirk Messner is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.Franz Nuscheler is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.

• Preface1 Global Challenges at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Paul Kennedy2 World Society - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner3 World Economy - Structures and Trends by Heribert Dieter4 World Ecology – Structure and Trends by Udo Ernst Simonis and Tanja Brühl5 World Politics - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner and Franz Nuscheler6 Global Governance, Development, and Peace by Franz NuschelerIndex

'Essential reading for those interested in international political economies, because of its content and its contribution to the debate over the dynamics of globalisation'

Paul Kennedy's best-selling book Preparing for the 21st Century, (Random House, 1993), puts him in the bestseller list of world historians. He is Professor of History and Director of International Security Studies, Institute for International Security Studies, Yale University.Dirk Messner is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.Franz Nuscheler is a leading German intellectual on issues of globalization, and a member of the scientific committee of the Development and Peace Foundation (founded by Willy Brandt in 1986). He is co-director of the Institute for Development and Peace at the University of Duisburg in Germany.

• Preface1 Global Challenges at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century by Paul Kennedy2 World Society - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner3 World Economy - Structures and Trends by Heribert Dieter4 World Ecology – Structure and Trends by Udo Ernst Simonis and Tanja Brühl5 World Politics - Structures and Trends by Dirk Messner and Franz Nuscheler6 Global Governance, Development, and Peace by Franz NuschelerIndex

'Essential reading for those interested in international political economies, because of its content and its contribution to the debate over the dynamics of globalisation'