Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Bringing together the work of major scholars with national and international reputations, this exciting new work offers perspectives for dealing with the complexity of power in the planetary life of the new millennium.

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 The Global Theater Chapter 3 The Silence of Words and Political Dynamics in the World Risk Society Chapter 4 Globalism and the Selling of Globalization Chapter 5 National Culture, the Globalization of Communications, and the Bounded Political Community Chapter 6 Globalization: A Contested Terrain Part 7 Planetary Perils Chapter 8 Terror and Politics Chapter 9 The New Militarism: Imperial Overreach Chapter 10 Unconcealed Empire: "The Awesome Thing America Is Becoming" Part 11 Planetary Foreign Policy Chapter 12 Anatomy of a Disaster: Class War, Iraq, and the Contours of American Foreign Policy Chapter 13 The "Islam Industry" and U.S. Foreign Policy Chapter 14 Multilateralism: For a New Political Enlightenment Chapter 15 Chances for a Left Foreign Policy Part 16 Cosmopolitan Hope Chapter 17 The Two Faces of Globalization Chapter 18 Is a Global Ethic Possible? Chapter 19 Playing the Angel's Advocate: Human Rights, Global Realism, and the Politics of Intervention Chapter 20 Human Rights in the Age of Empire

Edited by Stephen Eric Bronner - Contributions by Alba Alexander; Ulrich Beck; Carl Boggs; Drucilla Cornell; Irene Gendzier; Sam Gindin; Philip Green; David Held; Dick Howard; Micheline Ishay; Kurt Jacobsen; Douglas Kellner; Leo Panitch; Manfred B. Steger