MA thesis. A central part of Samuel P. Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilizations’ thesis is its aspiration to explain the cause and pattern of armed conflict after the Cold War. This thesis examines, through a large-N statistical survey, whether armed conflict is more frequent in areas where the cultural entities of civilizations meet, focusing on the Post-Cold War era. The thesis also focuses on some common features of cultural conflict. The data used are geographical data combined with the ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ–Uppsala conflict dataset. The thesis was submitted to the University of Oslo in October 2002 and defended in November 2002.
A Post-Cold War Clash of Civilizations? A New Approach to Testing Huntington’s Thesis
Led by Bård Ludvig Thorheim
May 2011 – Dec 2002
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