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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811856803321

Autore

Lanteigne Marc

Titolo

China and international institutions : alternate paths to global power / / Marc Lanteigne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-21402-2

1-134-21403-0

1-280-24438-0

9786610244386

0-203-01837-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Asian security studies

Disciplina

327.51

Soggetti

International agencies

China Foreign relations 1976-

China Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT; 2 FLYING GEESE AND RISING PHOENIX; 3 CHIMERAS OR PEACEBUILDERS?; 4 LABYRINTH'S EDGE; 5 SEEKING MODERNITY; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now embracing them. These moves present a new challenge to international relations theory.How will the global community be affected by the engagement of this massive global power with international institutions? This new study explores why China has chosen to abandon its previous doctrine of institutional isolation and details how it is currently unable to balance American power unilaterally and details an indirect path to greater power. In addition, it includes