Chapter 1: Christopher Chase-Dunn and Volker Bornschier "Introduction: The Future of Hegemonic Rivalry In Perspective" (4193)

Part 1: Different predictions for the future

Chapter 2: George Modelski, "From leadership to organization: the evolution of global politics" (12829)

Chapter 3: Christopher Chase-Dunn and Bruce Podobnik, "The next world war: world-system cycles and trends" (11533)

Chapter 4: Walter L. Goldfrank, "Beyond cycles of hegemony: economy, social and military factors" (4940)

Chapter 5: Volker Bornschier, "Hegemonic transition, West European unification and the future structure of the core" (10002)

Part 2: Postwar shifts in the world political economy

Chapter 6 : Gerd Junne, "Global cooperation or rival trade blocs?" ((8567)

Chapter 7: Tieting Su, "Clashes of 'life spaces' and other logics of hegemonic rivalry" (11205)

Chapter 8: Albert Bergesen and Roberto Fernandez, " Who has the most fortune 500 firms?: A network analysis of global economic competition, 1956-1989" (7104)

Chapter 9: John Borrego, "Twenty-fifty: the hegemonic moment of global capitalism" (14391)

Part 3: Prospects for potential future hegemons

Chapter 10: Yasusada Yawata, " Japan - a Hegemonic Power?:

Reflections on Economic Success and Possible Political Futures" (6519) words)

Chapter 11: Brigitte Schulz, "Germany, the United States and future inter-core conflict" (8332)

Chapter 12: Erich Weede, " Future hegemonic rivalry between China and the West?" (9291)

Part 4: Looking back and ahead

Chapter 13: Terry Boswell, "Hegemony and bifurcation points in world history" (9036)

Chapter 14: editors, "Globalization and Change in Technological Style — The Withering Away of the State?" (7703)

About the Authors

Index