This volume takes an enlightened step back from the ongoing discussion of globalization. Part Two further develops the debate among a number of eminent historians and sociologists challenging both the apologists for and the opponents of globalization in new and unexpected ways.

Repetition, Variation, and Transmutation as Scenarios for the 21st Century by Georgi M. Derluguian and Walter Goldfrank Restructuring World Power Globalizing Capital and Political Agency in the 21st Century by Stephen Gill Stateness and System in the Global Structure of Trade: A Network Approach to Assessing Nation Status by Michael Alan Sacks, Marc Ventrisca, and Brian Uzzi Predictions of Geopolitical Theory and the Modern World-System by Randall Collins and David V. Waller Redefining World Culture Why Must There Be a Last Cycle? The Prognosis for the World Capitalist System and a Prescription for Its Diagnosis by Daniel Chirot Mr. X? Doctrine X? A Modest Proposal for Thinking About the New Geopolitics by Bruce Cumings Radicalism, Resistance, and Cultural Lags. A Commentary on Benjamin Barber's "Jihad Versus McWorld" by Bernard Beck, Scott L. Greer, and Charles Ragin Formations of Globality and Radical Politics by Arif Dirlik From National States to Regional Networks The Rhineland, European Union, and Regionalism in the World Economy by Michael Loriaux Slipping into Something More Comfortable: Argentine-Brazilian Nuclear Integration and the Origins of the MERCOSUR by Isabella Alcaniz Mutual Benefit? African Elites and French African Policy by Scott Greer The Geoeconomic Reconfiguration of the State: The Asian-Pacific Transborder Subregions in the World System by Xianming Chen The Process and the Prospects of Soviet Collapse: Bankruptcy, Segmentation, Involution by Georgi M. Derluguian Index