Bøger af Samuel P. Huntington

The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, now even more relevant in the post-September 11 world.

Med sin enkle tese om, at tidligere tiders politiske konflikter mellem stater i dag er afløst af en overliggende konkurrence og truende konflikt mellem civilisationer, har Samuel Huntington sat ord på verden, som den folder sig ud i disse år. Særligt tiden efter 11. september 2001 har i stigende grad øget spændingerne mellem den vestlige verden og store muslimske befolkningsgrupper. Og den globale strid om Jyllands-Postens tegninger af profeten Muhammed gav om muligt endnu mere næring til bogens syn på verdens tilstand.Samuel Huntingtons bog The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order fra 1996 er en vor tids vigtigste bøger. Ikke fordi hans analyser og påstande nødvendigvis er rigtige - men fordi det er nødvendigt at vide, hvad han mener. Få bøger har som Huntingtons formet den verdensomspændende politiske dagsorden. Overalt taler ledende politikere, tænkere og samfundsdebattører om civilisationernes sammenstød. Det gælder i Kairo såvel som i København.

Huntington examines the persistent gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. He shows how Americans have always been united by the democratic creed of liberty, equality, and hostility to authority, but how these ideals have been frustrated through institutions and hierarchies needed to govern a democracy.

Examines the development of viable political institutions in nations and contributes to modern political analysis.

Analyses the causes and nature of the transition by more than 30 countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia and Eastern Europe from authoritarian to democratic governments between 1974 and 1990.

In this classic work, Huntington challenges old assumptions and ideas on the role of the military in society. Stressing the value of the military outlook for American national policy, Huntington has performed the distinctive task of developing a general theory of civil-military relations and subjecting it to rigorous historical analysis.