A set of common values is indeed shared across the world: from democracy and human rights to the defence of national sovereignty and belief in the benefits of economic development. The implantation of these values is disputed, in all countries, but not the values themselves - http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization/worst_ideas_4228.jsp
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