pt. 1. 1815 : British hegemony and the invention of the multilateral conference plus follow-up conference : the Concert of Europe and the Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine
pt. 2. Transnational networks of citizens : from the anti-slavery movement in 1815 to the International Committee of the Red Cross of 1863
pt. 3. The creation of the Hague system : the arbitration movement and the 1899 and 1907 Peace Conferences in the Hague
pt. 4. Public international unions 1865-1914 : institutionalization of conferences and the creation of continental markets in Europe and the Americas
pt. 5. The international foundation for the welfare state 1880-1914 : how governments became involved in international labour legislation
pt. 6. Laying down the path of collective security : the First World War, the League of Nations founded (1919) and the interwar period
pt. 7. Laying down the path of common economic endeavours : the International Labour Organization (1919) and the economic and social activities of the League of Nations
pt. 8. American hegemony and the genesis and evolution of the United Nations system
pt. 9. Collective security in a bipolar world 1945-80
pt. 10. Economic cooperation in a bipolar world 1945-70
pt. 11. Decolonization, the North-South devide and Third World experiences with global and regional international organizations 1960-80
pt. 12. Development aid, environmental protection and human rights as normative powers : NGO pressure on governments through intergovernmental organizations 1960-80
pt. 13. International organizations in the 1980s : The Cold War intensifies and neoliberalism replaces Keynesianism
pt. 14. The 1990s and new challenges for the United Nations as peacekeeper
pt. 15. Globalization in the 1990s : new challenges for the United Nations system as promoter of economic and social stability
pt. 16. Regional international organizations from the 1980s onwards
pt. 17. Security and the international economy on the threshold of the twenty-first century.