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... world system . It showed the global dominance of the superpowers , which , despite their usually conflicting ideological and strategic interests , shared a common interest in maintaining their world po- litical and economic leadership ...
... world system . It showed the global dominance of the superpowers , which , despite their usually conflicting ideological and strategic interests , shared a common interest in maintaining their world po- litical and economic leadership ...
Page 291
... Worlds : Culture and World Development ( 1984 ) , compares ear- lier Western modernization with that taking place in the rest of the world today ; RICHARD L. RUBENSTEIN ( ed . ) , Moderniza- tion : The Humanist Response to Its Promise ...
... Worlds : Culture and World Development ( 1984 ) , compares ear- lier Western modernization with that taking place in the rest of the world today ; RICHARD L. RUBENSTEIN ( ed . ) , Moderniza- tion : The Humanist Response to Its Promise ...
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... world do occur , but until recently they have not received much scholarly at- tention . An example of such a belief about the end of the world is found among the Pawnee Indians . In their view , there will come a time when everything ...
... world do occur , but until recently they have not received much scholarly at- tention . An example of such a belief about the end of the world is found among the Pawnee Indians . In their view , there will come a time when everything ...
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