Using a world systems approach this book examines how globalization is experienced around the world and compares its intensity and impact in industrialized countries and developing countries, focusing on economic growth, technological diffusion, debt, North-South conflict, democratisation and globalization,

William R Thompson is Rogers Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, USA.

Rafael Reuveny is Associate Professor at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), Indiana University, USA.

1. Unreal and Unflat Worlds 2. Interpreting Economic Growth and Development 3. Exploring the North-South Gap Longitudinally 4. Geo-Economic Limits on Technological Diffusion 5. Limits on Globalization Processes 6. Southern Debt Crises 7. Growth and Conflict 8. Southern Democracy in the Long Run 8. Uneven Growth Processes and Prospects