China's Ascent Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics

Name: China's Ascent Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics
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ISBN: 9780801474446

ISBN-10: 0801474442

ISBN-13: 9780801474446

Edition: 2015

Authors: Robert S. Ross, Zhu Feng

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Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its economic might and the continuing modernization of its military. China's Ascent results from a unique instance of international cooperation among senior scholars from Asia and the United States. It offers multiple analytical perspectives-constructivist, liberal, neorealist-on the significance of the many dimensions of China's regional and global influence. Distinguished authors consider the likelihood of conflict and peaceful accommodation as China grows ever stronger. They look at the changing position of…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 9/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Robert S. Ross is Professor of Political Science at Boston College and a Research Associate at the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.



List of Contributors


Acknowledgments


Introduction




Structure, Power Transitions, and the Rise of China



Power Transition Theory and the Rise of China




China's Rise Will Be Peaceful: How Unipolarity Matters




Parsing China's Rise: International Circumstances and National Attributes




International Institutions and the Rise of China



The Rise of China: Power, Institutions, and the Western Order




Structures, Processes, and the Socialization of Power: East Asian Community-building and the Rise of China




Chinese Policymaking and the Rise of China



From Offensive to Defensive Realism: A Social Evolutionary Interpretation of China's Security Strategy




Purpose Transitions: China's Rise and the American Response




Responding to the Rise of China



Between China, America, and North Korea: South Korea's Hedging




A Japanese Perspective on China's Rise and the East Asian Order




The Consequences of China's Economic Rise for Sino-U.S. Relations: Rivalry, Political Conflict, and (Not) War




The United States and the Rise of China: Implications for the Long Haul




Conclusion



The Rise of China: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives



Index