Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the contributors; 1 Contending Images of World Politics: An Introduction; PART I POWER, ORDER AND INTER-STATE POLITICS; 2 The 'End of History'?; 3 'Back to the Future'?; 4 A 'Balance of Power'?; 5 An 'International Society'?; PART II GLOBALIZATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITY; 6 A 'Borderless World'?; 7 The 'End of Sovereignty'?; 8 A 'New Medievalism'?; 9 A 'Coming Age of Regionalism'?; PART III FRAGMENTATION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY; 10 A 'Clash of Civilizations'?; 11 A 'World of Tribes'? 12 'Islam and the West'?PART IV KNOWLEDGE, POWER AND INCLUSION; 13 An 'Endangered Planet'?; 14 A 'Gendered Global Hierarchy'?; 15 A 'Postcolonial World'?; 16 The 'End of Modernity'?; PART V CONCLUDING CHAPTER; 17 The Future of World Politics; Notes and References; Bibliography; Index.