MORTEN OUGAARD is Senior Associate Professor in International Political Economy at the Copenhagen Business School and currently Director of the Programme in Intercultural Management. He has published several books and numerous articles in Danish and international scholarly journals. Recently he co-edited the book Towards a Global Polity with Richard Higgott.

• Introduction General Theoretical Issues The Structuration of World Society Concepts of State: Aspects of Statehood The Institutional Infrastructure of Global Governance The Function of Persistence The Persistence Function in Contemporary World Society Power Relations in the Global Polity The Trajectory of Hegemonic Leadership Conclusion Bibliography Index

MORTEN OUGAARD is Senior Associate Professor in International Political Economy at the Copenhagen Business School and currently Director of the Programme in Intercultural Management. He has published several books and numerous articles in Danish and international scholarly journals. Recently he co-edited the book Towards a Global Polity with Richard Higgott.

• Introduction General Theoretical Issues The Structuration of World Society Concepts of State: Aspects of Statehood The Institutional Infrastructure of Global Governance The Function of Persistence The Persistence Function in Contemporary World Society Power Relations in the Global Polity The Trajectory of Hegemonic Leadership Conclusion Bibliography Index

MORTEN OUGAARD is Senior Associate Professor in International Political Economy at the Copenhagen Business School and currently Director of the Programme in Intercultural Management. He has published several books and numerous articles in Danish and international scholarly journals. Recently he co-edited the book Towards a Global Polity with Richard Higgott.

• Introduction General Theoretical Issues The Structuration of World Society Concepts of State: Aspects of Statehood The Institutional Infrastructure of Global Governance The Function of Persistence The Persistence Function in Contemporary World Society Power Relations in the Global Polity The Trajectory of Hegemonic Leadership Conclusion Bibliography Index