POLI 227 Chapter Notes -Nuclear Proliferation, Nationstates, Arms Control

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 227
• Professor: Rex Brynen

Document Summary

Great divisions among humankind and major sources of conflict will be cultural. Nation-states will remain most pwrfl actors in world politics, but clash of. Conflicts btwn kings conflicts btwn ppls conflicts btwn ideologies conflicts btwn civilizations. W/ conflicts btwn civilizations, non-western states become movers and shakers in their own right for the first time, rather than just objects of colonialism (previous conflicts were western civil wars) States should no longer be classified based on their poli/econ dvlpmt, but based on their culture and civilization. Civilization: a cultural entity (cultures are subdivisions of civilizations) Divisions among civilizations are real and fundamental (entrenched over the course of history) The world is becoming a smaller place (interactions are increasing) enhanced civilization awareness invigoration of diffs and animosities. Econ modernization and social change are separating ppl from traditional local identities nation-state weakened as a source of identity antagonistic relg fundamentalism moves in to fill the void (transcendence of nat"l boundaries and unification of civilizations)