Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress - Softcover

Harrison, Lawrence E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465031765 ISBN 13: 9780465031764

Publisher: Basic Books, 2001

Synopsis

Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression.

About this title

Synopsis:

An important look at why some countries and ethnic groups are better off than others, and the role that cultural values play in the shaping of nations' and peoples' political, economic and social performance. Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression.

About the Author:

Lawrence E. Harrison is a senior fellow at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and the author of Who Prospers? and The Pan-American Dream.Samuel P. Huntington is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor of Government at Harvard University and the author of The Clash of Civilizations and The Remaking of the World Order.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0465031765
• ISBN 13: 9780465031764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383