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Clash of civilizations?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2002

IVAN T. BEREND
Affiliation:
Department of History, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1446, USA. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

There have been numerous fault-lines in society in the past due to religion, race, social class and nation. Current fault-lines relate to demography: the West has a falling population whereas many countries elsewhere in the world are undergoing large population growth; net emigration has been replaced by immigration. The previous Western dominance in economic activity has also changed and the balance has moved east. These and other factors are considered as pointers to the future.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2002

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