TY  - BOOK
AU  - Verdun,Amy
TI  - The European Union and Asia: What is There to Learn?
SN  - 9781616680930
AV  - JZ5333 -- .E87 2008eb 
U1  - 341.242/2 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Hauppauge
PB  - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
KW  - European Union
KW  - Regionalism -- East Asia
KW  - East Asia -- Relations -- European Union countries
KW  - European Union countries -- Relations -- East Asia
KW  - East Asia -- Foreign relations
KW  - European Union countries -- Foreign relations
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA: WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN? -- THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ASIA: WHAT IS THERE TO LEARN? -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 1    COMPARING PROCESSES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION: EUROPEAN 'LESSONS' AND NORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- I. 'REGIONS' IN THE POLITICAL  SCIENCE LITERATURE -- II. 'LESSONS' TO BE LEARNED AND (CAUTIOUSLY) TRANSFERRED FROM EUROPE5 -- III. NORTHEAST ASIAN REFLECTIONS  ON EUROPEAN 'LESSONS'9 -- IV. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND POLICY PRESCRIPTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2    FRANCO-GERMAN RECONCILIATION AND ITS IMPACT ON CHINA AND JAPAN: SCHOLARLY DEBATE* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMUNICATIVE ACTION IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- SCHOLARLY DEBATE ON FRANCO-GERMAN RECONCILIATION IN CHINA AND JAPAN -- A COMMUNICATIVE PLATFORM BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3    WHAT ROLE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION IN ASIA? AN ANALYSIS OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY AND THE GROWING SIGNIFICANCE OF EU-CHINA RELATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY IN THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD: THE SIGNIFICANCE  OF THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE EU'S ASIA STRATEGY:  THE EMERGENCE OF A SECURITY DIMENSION -- THE EU'S RESPONSE TO CHINA'S RISE: FROM CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT  TO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP -- EU-CHINA SPACE AND SATELLITE  NAVIGATION COOPERATION -- THE PROPOSAL TO LIFT -- ENMESHING INTO EAST ASIA'S STRATEGIC BALANCE -- CONCLUSION:  WHAT ROLE FOR THE EU IN ASIA? -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4    RIDING THE ASIAN TIGER? HOW THE EU ENGAGED CHINA SINCE THE END OF THE COLD WAR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Why Is China so Important for the EU as a Global Player? -- Aim of the Chapter and Contribution to the Literature -- THE THEORETICAL CONSTRUCT OF 'BENIGN WILSONIANISM' -- CHINA AS A CASE STUDY; The Push for Political and Social Reforms -- Human Rights -- Economic Dimension -- CHINA IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF POWERS -- Convergence of EU and Chinese Strategic Values and Norms? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5    'EXPECTATIONS DEFICIT' IN EU-JAPAN RELATIONS: WHY THE RELATIONSHIP CANNOT FLOURISH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS EXPECTATIONS DEFICIT? -- THE STRUCTURE THAT GENERATES EXPECTATIONS  DEFICIT IN EU-JAPAN RELATIONS -- 1. Japan's Focus on the US and Asia -- 2. Japan's Lack of Understanding and  Preference for Bilateral Relations -- 3. Europe's Indifference to Japan and Different Principles? -- 4. Complexity and Failures of the EU, and Different Interests? -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6    TRADING SECURITY IN ALLIANCES: JAPANESE AND GERMAN SECURITY POLICY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. A NEW EXPLANATION FOR GERMAN AND JAPANESE SECURITY AND ALLIANCE POLICIES -- 2. GERMANY AS SECURITY IMPORTER AND BURDEN-SHARER -- 3. JAPANESE SECURITY IMPORT AND TRANSPACIFIC BURDEN SHARING -- 4. GERMAN SECURITY AND  ALLIANCE POLICIES TRANSFORMED -- 5. CONTINUITY IN JAPANESE SECURITY- AND ALLIANCE POLICIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7    TOWARDS A COMMON EUROPEAN POLICY ON CHINA?1 ECONOMIC, DIPLOMATIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS SINCE 1985 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Europeanization -- China as a Case Study -- I. ECONOMIC RELATIONS -- Playing the European Card -- II. POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC RELATIONS -- Silent Diplomacy and Constructive Engagement -- III. HUMAN RIGHTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8    PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, DELIBERATION, AND REGIONAL IDENTIFICATION: EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SOME BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ON THE DELIBERATIVE APPROACH -- Deliberation: A Dichotomy between Liberal  and Republican Democracy; Deliberation and Regional Identification:  Theorizing the EU Experience -- Deliberation (or Quasi-Deliberation) under Real-World Constraints: Necessity and Limits -- THE CASE OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION -- THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION4 -- The Text of the Treaty Establishing a Constitution  for Europe (TeCE) -- The Turbulent Ratification Process -- The Aftermath of the Vetoes -- EAST ASIAN COOPERATION9  IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE -- The Relevance of the European Experience -- Some Negative Factors against Deliberative  Democracy in East Asia -- The Spillover Pressures for Public Participation  in Regional Policy-Making -- Some Positive Elements for Deliberation in East Asia -- Second Track Mechanism and Citizens'  Involvement in Regional Agenda Setting -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9    HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND FEDERALISM - PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION? SECURING STABILITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE PEOPLE'S  REPUBLIC OF CHINA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ON FEDERALISM -- Federal and Confederal Elements in the EU -- Decentralising Elements in the People's Republic of China -- Why OPT for Federal Solutions? -- 2. CHALLENGES OF INSTABILITY -- Preventing Centralization -- Subsidiarity -- Increased Trust in the Overarching Loyalty of Others -- Preventing Secession -- 3. DEMOCRACY -- Features of Democratic Rule -- The Roles of Party Competition -- Addressing the Risk of Majority Tyranny -- 4. HUMAN RIGHTS -- A Note on Confucianism and Human Rights -- 5. DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS  FUELLING CALLS FOR SECESSION? -- 6. DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS  QUELLING CALLS FOR SECESSION -- Democratic Control over Constitutional Change -- Human Rights-Respecting Centre Enhances Loyalty -- Interlocking Democratic Federal Arrangements -- Human Rights Requirements Imposed on  Any Future Independent State -- 7. CONCLUSION: SOME LESSONS; Implications for the EU and for the People's Republic of China -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10    IDENTITY CHANGE AND THE EMERGENCE OF REGIONALISM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ABOUT REGIONAL IDENTITY -- MAIN APPROACHES IN THE STUDY OF REGIONAL IDENTITY -- THE GAPS -- EMERGING COLLECTIVE IDENTITY: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- Two Dimensions of Identity -- Change of Identity and Crisis -- Collective Social Learning -- CASES -- Normative Beliefs and Practices -- Europe -- East Asia -- Relational Content -- Europe -- East Asia -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page
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