China's Ascent : Power, Security, and the Future of International Politics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series .
- Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Structure, Power Transitions, and the Rise of China -- 1. Power Transition Theory and the Rise of China -- 2. China's Rise Will Be Peaceful: How Unipolarity Matters -- 3. Parsing China's Rise: International Circumstances and National Attributes -- Part II. International Institutions and the Rise of China -- 4. The Rise of China: Power, Institutions, and the Western Order -- 5. Structures, Processes, and the Socialization of Power: East Asian Community-building and the Rise of China -- Part III. Chinese Policymaking and the Rise of China -- 6. From Offensive to Defensive Realism: A Social Evolutionary Interpretation of China's Security Strategy -- 7. Purpose Transitions: China's Rise and the American Response -- Part IV. Responding to the Rise of China -- 8. Between China, America, and North Korea: South Korea's Hedging -- 9. A Japanese Perspective on China's Rise and the East Asian Order -- 10. The Consequences of China's Economic Rise for Sino-U.S. Relations: Rivalry, Political Conflict, and (Not) War -- 11. The United States and the Rise of China: Implications for the Long Haul -- Part V. Conclusion -- 12. The Rise of China: Theoretical and Policy Perspectives -- Index.
This book offers multiple analytical perspectives--constructivist, liberal, neorealist--on the significance of the many dimensions of China's regional and global influence and considers the likelihood of conflict or peaceful accommodation.