Capitalist Development in Historical Context -- Imperialism and the Issue of Large-Scale Changes in Capitalism -- The Post-Second World War Era -- Development: Theory versus Practice -- The Socialist Challenge to Development -- The Third World Challenge -- Realities Overlooked - Women's Labour and Nature -- New Technologies and New Management Systems to the Rescue? -- The Role of the Capitalist Centre within the Current Phase of the International Political Economy -- From Periphery to Centre? The Newly Industrialising Country (NIC) Strategy -- Permanent Subordination? Structural Adjustment as Control -- Political Implications of a New Economic Order -- Globalisation versus Regionalism -- Future Challenge: Grassroots Movements and the Prospects for a New Social Order.