Hegemonic decline : present and past / edited by Jonathan Friedman and Christopher Chase-Dunn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Jonathan Friedman and Christopher Chase-Dunn -- Escaping a closed universe : world-system crisis, regional dynamics and the rise of Aegean palatial society / Johnny Persson -- The final collapse of the Mediterranean-Egyptian Near Eastern bronze age as a global systemic phenomenon / Kasja Ekholm -- Plus "a change" on not learning from history / Jonathan Friedman -- The parallel decline of early modern hegemonies in the 18th century / Norihisa Yamashita -- The problem of Dutch hegemonic decline and its relationship to globalization / Peter Taylor -- A perspective on Ottoman decline / Karen Barkey -- Polanyi's "double movement" : The belle âepoques of British and U.S. hegemony compared / Beverly Silver and Giovanni Arrighi -- Hegemonic transitions, globalization, and global elite formation / Thomas Reifer -- Indigenous peoples and hegemonic change : opportunities for resistance, or dangerous times? / Thomas D. Hall and James Fenelon -- Terrorism and hegemonic decline / Albert Bergesen and Omar Lizardo.