Synopsis Preface. Acknowledgements. Foreword. Introduction. I. Systems in transition: the historic context: 1. The world economy in transition, 1850--2060. 2. The taming of capitalism: the historic compromise. 3. Development and south-south cooperation. 4. The golden age of the South's development. II. Asia on the world stage: 5. External dependence and foreign cooperation: the struggle for self-reliance in India. 6. India's 'Hanuman' leap into globalization. 7. East Asia's explosive development: its relevance for theory and practice. 8. Financial upheaval in East Asia. III. Technology and development: the pivot of systemic transformation: 9. Technological distance between nations and the dynamics of 'Catching-up'. 10. The technological transformation of the third world: major issues. 11. From Santiago de Chile (1972) to the dawn of the third millennium. 12. New paradigms for the third millennium. About the editors. Index.