Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of political economy / Robert Gilpin -- International politics and international economics / Jeffry A. Frieden and David A. Lake -- Excerpts from The wealth of nations / Adam Smith -- Realism and complex interdependence / Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye -- The invisible hand vs. the dead hand / Brink Lindsey -- The rise of the virtual state / Richard Rosecrance -- Excerpts from Report on manufactures / Alexander Hamilton -- The theory of hegemonic stability and changes in international economic regimes, 1967-1977 / Robert O. Keohane -- States and industrial transformation / Peter Evans -- Sovereignty / Stephen D. Krasner -- Excerpts from Capital and Communist manifesto / Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels -- The structure of dependence / Theotonio dos Santos -- The future of global polarization / Samir Amin -- Globalization under fire / Robert Went -- Monetary governance in a globalized world / Benjamin J. Cohen -- The International Monetary Fund / C. Roe Goddard -- The Asian economic crisis and the role of the IMF / Kishore C. Dash -- The euro debuts : European money, global money, or both? / Olufemi A. Babarinde -- The rise and fall of the Washington consensus as a paradigm for developing countries / Charles Gore -- A new World Bank for a new century / Robert Picciotto -- Still waiting : the failure of reform at the World Bank / Bruce Rich -- The Doha Round : prospects for the rules-based trading system / Patrick Cronin -- Regionalism, multilateralism, and deeper integration : changing paradigms for developing countries / Robert Z. Lawrence -- Theoretical perspectives on the transnational corporation / Rhys Jenkins -- Defining the transnational corporation in the era of globalization / C. Roe Goddard -- Coping with ecological globalization / Hilary French -- The Westfailure system / Susan Strange.