Huntington, McNally, and World Politics: An Analysis Essay by Top Papers

Comparing the culturalist approach to analyzing world politics taken by Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilizations and the Making of the World Order with the globalization-based analytical approach of David McNally in Another World Is Possible indicates that both scholars provide important but very different insights into global politics. Despite the interesting insights and conclusions both authors provide in their books, McNally's analysis of globalization presents more convincing explanations for developments in world politics, for Huntington's explanation of the main sources of world conflicts in terms of cultural tensions is flawed by his own cultural bias and the flawed assumptions and analyses this bias generates.