China's Regional Relations in Comparative Perspective

From Harmonious Neighbors to Strategic Partners
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4094-5589-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 628 g

Reihe: Rethinking Asia and International Relations

China’s relations with its neighbors have evolved since 1949, and in the 21st century many scholars argue that China’s rising power has led it to be increasingly domineering over those smaller countries in Northeast, Southeast, Central, and South Asia. The evolution of China’s regional relations needs to be examined comprehensively, since China counts twenty-seven countries as its "neighbors" large and small. While China’s official policy toward all of these countries is to treat them as "good neighbors" and "partners," some of these relationships have been spectacularly deteriorating, while others have been quietly improving over the last two decades.

Jackson takes a comparative foreign policy approach, and compares China’s status as a regional hegemon with the United States, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa and Nigeria. The result is a broader theory as to why regional powers are sometimes intimidating and at other times accommodating.

An important contribution to studies on China, this book will prove useful to scholars and students in Chinese and Asian foreign policy, comparative foreign policy, and international relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Steven F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Regional Hegemons and Their Behavior Chapter 3 Legacies of China’s Regional Relations Chapter 4 Restructuring Relations: the "Good Neighbor" 1988-2004 Chapter 5 "Friendly Elephant" or Assertive Dragon? 2004 -- Chapter 6 China and Northeast Asia in the 21st Century Chapter 7 China and Southeast Asia in the 21st Century Chapter 8 China and Central Asia in the 21st Century Chapter 9 China and South Asia in the 21st Century Chapter 10 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Steven F. Jackson is professor of political science. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Stanford University in 1981, he taught English in Xi’an China from 1981-83. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and joined the faculty at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1994. His area of specialization is in Chinese foreign relations, and in particular in particular China’s regional relationships, such as with East Asia and Africa.