Part I. Overviews: 1. Beyond international relations theory: Robert W. Cox and approaches to world order Timothy J. Sinclair
2. Influences and commitments
Part II. Theory: 3. The idea of international labour regulation
4. Realism, positivism
5. On thinking about future world order
6. Social forces, states and world orders
7. Gramsci, hegemony and international relations: an essay in method
8. Towards a post-hegemonic conceptualisation of world-order: reflections on the relevancy of Ibn Khaldun
9. 'Take six eggs': theory, finance, and the real economy in the work of Susan Strange
Part III. Interpretations: 10. The global political economy and social choice
11. 'Real socialism' in historical perspective
12. Structural issues of global governance: implications for Europe
13. Middlepowermanship, Japan, and future world order
14. Production and security
15. Global perestroika
Part IV. Multilateralism: 16. The executive head: an essay on leadership in international organisation
17. Decision making with Harold K. Jacobsen
18. Ideologies and the new international economic order: reflection on some recent literature
19. Labour and hegemony
20. Labour and hegemony: a reply
21. Multilateralism and world order
22. Globalisation, multilateralism and democracy.
