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China's Quest for Global Order
From Peaceful Rise to Harmonious World
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2012
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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.
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Edition
1/2012
Copyright Year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-6833-2
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6834-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
161
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One: Introduction: China’s “Peaceful Rise to Harmonious World” Outlook No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter Two: “Harmony” and Humane Governance in Classical Chinese Thought No access Pages 11 - 36
Chapter Three: Empire and Frontiers: The Limits of Harmony No access Pages 37 - 66
Chapter Four: How Peaceful Is China’s Rise? No access Pages 67 - 92
Chapter Five: Confucian Geopolitics and Global Governance No access Pages 93 - 122
Chapter Six: Transforming World Disorder: Scenarios for the Future No access Pages 123 - 136
Chapter Seven: Conclusion: Toward a Balanced China No access Pages 137 - 140
Appendix 1: Chronology of Harmonious Discourse No access Pages 141 - 142
Appendix 2: Glossary of Chinese Terms No access Pages 143 - 144
Appendix 3: Summary of Hu Jintao’s UN Speeches, 2005 and 2009 No access Pages 145 - 148
