Globalization in the Twenty-First Century explores the degrees of convergence and/or divergence attributed to the process of globalization. Theoretical contributions to the globalization debate within International Political Economy are empirically evaluated, covering different geographical parts of the world (Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Malaysia and South Africa), as well as particular issues of growing relevance (such as the genome project). The contributions are organised according to the three levels of analysis common in the social sciences.

EUGENE BEAULIEU Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, Canada PHILIP G. CERNY Professor of Government, University of Manchester, UK WILLIAM D. COLEMAN Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Public Policy, McMaster University, Canada LARS HANDRICH Research Associate, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin, Germany ANNETTE HESTER Director of the Latin American Research Centre, University of Calgary, Canada RALF J. LEITERITZ Ph.D. student in Development Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK RODNEY LOEPPKY post-doctoral fellowship, University of California, USA LESLIE SKLAIR Reader and Director of the Doctoral Program in Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK MANUALA SPINDLER Lecturer in International Relations, University of Mannheim, Germany JANIS VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.