POLI 227 Chapter Notes -Iron Curtain
31 Mar 2013
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Huntington believes that divisions will be drawn along cultural lines, not political or economic ones in the future- clash between west and non-west. Civilizations as the primary political motivator, where civilizations are defined by language, religion, history, customs, institutions and the subjective self-identification of people. Economic modernization and social change is seperating people from local identities and nation state identities which leaves an opening for mobilization around civilization based identities. Failures in implementing western policies in many places will drive them to look inward for their identity, restrengthening it. Cultural characterisitcs and differences are less mutable than political/economic ones- they cannot be changed or hidden, according to huntington. Economic regionalism is increasing- increasing trade between countries in the same geographic region (i. e. european union) Clash of civilizations will occur at 2 levels: micro level. Adjacent groups along fault lines between civilizations struggling over control of territory and each other i. e. conflict between muslim/hindu populations in asia (pakistan/india: macro level.
