9 articles in this issue
Mark Herkenrath, Claudia König, Hanno Scholtz
Earlier versions of the articles in this issue were presented and discussed atthe international symposium on The Future of World Society, held in June 2004 at the University of Zurich.¹ The theme of the symposium implied two assumptions. One, there is in ... see more
Christopher Chase-Dunn
The idea of world society implies a fully articulated complex culture and consciousness. This has been emerging on a global scale, but the old world-system of multiple cultures continues to exist at the same time that a global culture is in formation. Thi... see more
George Modelski
A revisit, and an extension, of the paper From Leadership to Organization: The Evolution of Global Politics, originally presented at the University of Zurich in 1993. Three long-term processes: the evolution of global politics (or political globalization)... see more
Joachim Karl Rennstich
Observing the latest trends of a rise in interest in the development of power distribution in a world-system created and dominated by states but increasingly challenged as such, this paper takes a deeper look at the historical evolution of this system, it... see more
Alberto Martinneli
In the paper, I first argue that we live in a fundamentally interconnected global order, integrated by complex patterns of exchange, hierarchy and solidarity among multiple global actors which are increasingly aware of their interdependence and common fat... see more
Jeffrey Kentor
This is a study of the growth of organizational power in the world-economy over the past forty years. It takes the position that transnational corporations (TNCs) are increasingly significant actors in the world-economy, independent of the nation-states w... see more
Michael Nollert
In general, corporations are not isolated actors in an economic war of all against all but members of corporate networks of global reach. Although the literature on globalization emphasizes the increasing economic power of these networks and postulates th... see more
Gordon Laxer
In the 1960s, the left branded US imperialism the major enemy of social justice in the world. Such talk faded after the war against Vietnam and almost disappeared after communism fell in Eastern Europe. Its not that the American brand of informal empire d... see more
Neera Chandhoke
In recent times the concept of global civil society has made its appearance on national and international intellectual, as well as political agendas, in a major way. It is of some interest that two other concepts, both of which call for transcendence of n... see more