The notion of a "clash of civilizations" has never been more topical or contentious. This edited collection challenges stereotypes about the nature of civilizations and the supposed inevitability of the conflict between them.

Globalization Civilizations critically interrogates the concept of "civilization" by asking whether it is still valid in today's globalized world economy. The book provides and historical and theoretical context within which we can understand the idea of civilization in political science, and demonstrates how the various social, economic, political and cultural processes of globalization have radically altered perceptions of the concept. It includes case studies looking particularly at examples of the interaction between globalization and civilization and contains chapters forcusing on Islam, China and India among others.

This book is a significant contribution to two of the most important debates in international relations today - globalization and the "clash of civilizations" - and provides a wide variety of Western and non-Western views.

1. Civilizations and the twenty-first century: some theoretical considerations
2. Globalization, civilizations and world order: a world-constructivist approach
3. The first normative global revolution?: the uncertain political future of globalization
4. Standards of civilization today
5. Globalization, markets and democracy: an anthropological linkage
6. European civilization: properties and challenges
7. The crisis of European civilization: an inter-war diagnosis
8. The Eastern perception of the West
9. Islamic civilization between Medina and Athena
10. What is ''Chinese'' about Chinese civilization?: culture, institutions and globalization
11. Globalization and Indian civilization: questionable continuities