Part I: International Systems, World History, and International Relations Theory
Chapter 1 Systems, History, Theory and the Study of International Relations
Chapter 2 Competing Conceptions of the International System
Chapter 3 Systemic Thinking in World History
Chapter 4 The Theoretical Toolkit of this Book
Chapter 5 Establishing Criteria for International Systems
Part II: Systems in Pre-International World History
Chapter 6 The Origins of Pre-International Systems
Chapter7 The Transition from Pre-International to International Systems
Part III: The Rise and Interlinkage of Multiple International Systems in the Ancient and Classical World
Chapter 8 The New Units: City States, Empires and Barbarians as the Main Actors of the Ancient and Classical World
Chapter 9 Interaction Capacity
Chapter 10 Process
Chapter 11 Structure
Part IV: The Establishment and Evolution of a Global International System
Chapter 12 Units
Chapter 13 Interaction Capacity
Chapter 14 Process
Chapter 15 Structure
Part V: Speculations, Assessments, Reflections
Chapter 17 What World History tells us about International Relations Theory
Chapter 18 What International Relations Theory tells us about World History
Chapter 19 Reflections