Contents -- Series Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Globalisation Theory or Capitalist Globalisation? -- 3 Globalisation and Politics I: State Sovereignty, Imperialism and Cosmopolitanism -- 4 Globalisation and Politics II: International Relations and the Post-9/11 World -- 5 The Global Economy: US Hegemony from Bretton Woods to Neoliberalism -- 6 Globalisation, Culture and Rights: Liberal Internationalism, Imperialism and Universalism -- 7 Conclusions: US imperialism, Actually Existing Globalisation, and the Question of Alternatives -- Notes -- References -- Index.