Main entry:

Huntington, Samuel P.

Title & Author:

The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order / Samuel P. Huntington.

Edition:

1st Touchstone ed.

Publication:

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Description:

367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-352) and index.
A world of civilization. The new era in world politics ; Civilization in history and today ; A universial civilization? ; Modernization and westernization -- The shifting balance of civilizations. The fading of the West: power, culture, and indigenization ; Economics, demography, and the challenger civilizations -- The emerging order of civilizations ; The cultural reconfiguration of global politics ; Core states, concentric circles, and civilization order -- 4. Clashes of civilizations. The West and the rest: intercivilizational issues ; The global politics of civilizations ; From transition wars to fault line wars ; The dynamics of fault line wars -- The future of civilizations ; The West, civilizations, and civilization.

Summary:

Argues that world political actions and decisions are being configured along cultural rather than economic or religious lines and looks at the issues and areas most likely to be in the forefront in the near future.

Resources:
Donor bookplate

ISBN:

0684811642
9780684811642
0684844419 (pbk.)
9780684844411 (pbk.)

Subject:

World politics 1989-
Post-communism.
Civilization, Modern 1950-
Politique mondiale 1989-
Postcommunisme.
Civilisation 1950-
Civilization, Modern.
World politics.
Weltpolitik
Internationale Politik
Moderne
Zivilisation
Zukunft
Internationaler Konflikt
Kulturkreis.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269263
Call No.: BIB 201400
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available