Thomas Reifer, University of California, Riverside, is a coauthor with Immanuel Wallerstein et. al of The Age of Transition (Zed Books, 1996).Dr. Reifer studies large-scale, long-term social change, focusing on the political economy of organized violence in the American Century.

• Introduction, Thomas Ehrlich Reifer; Part I Contemporary Globalization; Chapter 1 The United States in Decline?, Immanuel Wallerstein; Chapter 2 The Phoenix Cycle: Global Leadership Transition in a Long-Wave Perspective, Joachim Karl Rennstich; Chapter 3 From State Hegemonies to Transnational Hegemony: A Global Capitalism Approach, William I. Robinson; Chapter 4 Quantifying Hegemony in the World Economy, Jeffrey Kentor; Chapter 5 Servants of the World System: An Analysis of Servitude in the United States and the New International Division of Reproductive Labor, Amy Holmes; Chapter 6 Globalization: The New Mechanism of Dependency, Kathleen C. Schwartzman; Chapter 7 The Sweatshop Dynamic: U.S. Shipper Hegemony in the Global Logistics Sector of Los Angeles, Edna Bonacich; Part II Counterhegemonic Social Movements; Chapter 8 Hegemonic Decline and Revolution: When the World is Up for Grabs, Terry Boswell; Chapter 9 The Politics of Global Islam: U.S. Hegemony, Globalization, and Islamist Social Movements, Paul M. Lubeck, Thomas Ehrlich Reifer; Chapter 10 Hegemony Lost: Understanding Islamic Fundamentalism, Lauren Langman;