The book examines the kind of action that needs to be taken by world bodies in fields such as the trafficing of drugs, international terrorism, world hunger and other pressing problems, and the type of political activity through which individuals can seek to influence them.

The distribution of political power; the safeguarding of security; the promotion of welfare; the protection of the environment; the protection of human rights; the distribution of economic power; the functional institutions of world society; the political institution of world society.