Introduction / Jonathan Friedman and Christopher Chase-Dunn
Escaping a closed universe : world-system crisis, regional dynamics and the rise of Aegean palatial society / Johnny Persson
The final collapse of the Mediterranean-Egyptian Near Eastern bronze age as a global systemic phenomenon / Kasja Ekholm
Plus "a change" on not learning from history / Jonathan Friedman
The parallel decline of early modern hegemonies in the 18th century / Norihisa Yamashita
The problem of Dutch hegemonic decline and its relationship to globalization / Peter Taylor
A perspective on Ottoman decline / Karen Barkey
Polanyi's "double movement" : The belle époques of British and U.S. hegemony compared / Beverly Silver and Giovanni Arrighi
Hegemonic transitions, globalization, and global elite formation / Thomas Reifer
Indigenous peoples and hegemonic change : opportunities for resistance, or dangerous times? / Thomas D. Hall and James Fenelon
Terrorism and hegemonic decline / Albert Bergesen and Omar Lizardo.
Hegemonic decline : present and past. ISBN 1594510091. Published by Paradigm in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.