Rosita Dellios, R. James Ferguson

China's Quest for Global Order (eBook, ePUB)

From Peaceful Rise to Harmonious World

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The "rise of China" has become a ubiquitous and often menacing term in global politics. China's Quest for Global Order: From Peaceful Rise to Harmonious World, by Rosita Dellios, PhD, and R. James Ferguson, PhD, examines how China's leadership has responded to this depiction and the strategic approaches that have been developed to ameliorate threat perceptions. Rather than simply reassuring others that its "rise" is peaceful, China has taken proactive steps to reduce possible conflicts. Beijing seeks to shape the emerging global governance order as both non-threatening to itself and productive in transnational problem-solving. Borrowing from its own Confucian heritage to promote a harmonious world policy, China's contribution to world order is likely to be more robust than the "responsible stakeholder" epithet upon which the West has pinned its collective hopes. The book interprets China's quest for global order from Chinese perspectives, old and new, and provides the relevant philosophical and historical background to engage the reader in the ensuing debates. The authors also contextualize Chinese concepts with those from contemporary international relations, strategic studies and systems thinking. Their resultant contributions to existing analyses include the notion of "Confucian geopolitics" and the interplay between strategic theatres of cooperation and protection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739168349
• Artikelnr.: 39138882

Autorenporträt

By Rosita Dellios and R. James Ferguson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments 1.Introduction: China's "Peaceful Rise to
Harmonious World" Outlook 2."Harmony" and Humane Governance in Classical
Chinese Thought 3.Empire and Frontiers: The Limits of Harmony 4.How
Peaceful is China's Rise? 5.Confucian Geopolitics and Global Governance 6.
Transforming World Disorder: Scenarios for the Future 7. Conclusion:
Towards a Balanced China Appendix 1: Chronology of Harmonious Discourse
Appendix 2: Glossary of Chinese Terms Appendix 3: Summary of Hu Jintao's UN
Speeches, 2005 and 2009 Bibliography Index About the Authors