Since the end of the Cold War, the study of intercultural
relations has become one of the most popular topics in the field of
global politics and economics. This book presents a methodological
framework for the analysis of intercultural issues frequently
misinterpreted by existing theories. The book uses a
challenge-and-response theory of cultural development to examine
the relationship between different natural disasters and threats
and the developments of ancient civilizations. The spatial
interaction of ancient civilizations is assessed and some
theoretical patterns of intercultural influences are presented with
a focus on the Chinese, Egyptian, Indus, and Mesopotamian
civilizations. Using the development of China as a case study, and
on the basis of a simplified spatial model, the optimal spatial
structure and size of culture areas are mathematically solved, and
the political economy implications to the interactions between
cultures differing in size are illustrated.
The book also examines various aspects of intercultural economic
influences, such as those of culture on international trade. The
empirical results suggest that high-income trade partners are less
sensitive than low-income trade partners to the measures of
cultural dissimilarity which block international trade. The
existing literature relating to the determinants of economic growth
treats explanatory variables such as income inequality and cultural
diversity separately. This book investigates whether there are any
conditions under which income inequality and cultural diversity
could encourage economic growth and provides evidence from a broad
panel of nations, which reveals that economic growth is quite
independent from the variables of inequality and cultural
(linguistic and religious) diversity. Finally, this book provides
suggestions for how cultural influences can benefit developing
economies both large and small.
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