04877nam 2200745Ia 450 991082400370332120200520144314.00-429-23689-11-283-84576-81-136-76175-60-203-82204-810.4324/9780203822043(CKB)2670000000277324(EBL)1075268(OCoLC)821176048(SSID)ssj0000784202(PQKBManifestationID)11427152(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784202(PQKBWorkID)10780564(PQKB)10548615(MiAaPQ)EBC1075268(Au-PeEL)EBL1075268(CaPaEBR)ebr10629050(CaONFJC)MIL415826(OCoLC)824547103(OCoLC)46810534(FINmELB)ELB139452(EXLCZ)99267000000027732420021118d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRussia and China a theory of inter-state relations /Alexei D. VoskressenskiLondon RoutledgeCurzon20031 online resource (305 pages)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-86338-6 0-7007-1495-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.RUSSIA AND CHINAA Theory of Inter-State Relations; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1 Problems within existing Historical Approaches; 1.1 The scholarly depth of the field and the limitations of existing studies; 1.2 Points of discussion in the history of Sino-Russian and Sino-Soviet relations; 1.3 The theoretical limitations of existing historical approaches; Chapter 2 Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Dilemmas; 2.1 Limitations of existing approaches in political science and international relations2.2 The need for an integrative approach in international relations and in Sino-Russian interactionChapter 3 Multi-factor Equilibrium and the Method of Controlled-focus, Structured Comparison; 3.1 General remarks; 3.2 Specification of variables; 3.3 Core external and internal factors in maintaining equilibrium; 3.4 Conceptualizing multi-factor equilibrium; 3.5 System adjustment and the correlation between human interests and national (societal and state) interests; 3.6 Method of controlled-focus, structured comparison; Part II; Chapter 4 Tsarist Russia and Qing China4.1 Persistent factors and specifics in the case of Russia4.2 Persistent factors and specifics in the case of China; 4.3 Tsarist Russia and China: the search for a stable equilibrium; Chapter 5 Republican China and the New Russia: Provisional and Soviet Governments (October 1911-October 1949); 5.1 The early stages; 5.2 The situation in the 1940s; Chapter 6 From Friendship, through Confrontation, to Normalization between the Communist Powers (1949-1980s); 6.1 Friendship; 6.2 Confrontation; 6.3 Normalization; Chapter 7 The Russian Federation and China7.1 Structural changes, external factors and bilateral relations7.2 The implications of reform for the transformation of Russian and Chinese societies; 7.3 Possible future correlation of factors within a Sino-Russian multi-factor equilibrium; Conclusion: Prospects for a Stable Equilibrium in Russian-Chinese Relations; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis study incorporates elements from the disciplines of international relations and history to address key international and domestic elements that have shaped the interactions between Russia and China over time. It demonstrates how changes in the inter-state relationship were, and are, initiated. Controversial issues are examined through previously unobtainable materials from sources including the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation and the Russian Centre for the Preservation and Research of the Documents of Modern HistorInternational relationsEquilibriumRussiaForeign relationsChinaChinaForeign relationsRussiaSoviet UnionForeign relationsChinaChinaForeign relationsSoviet UnionRussia (Federation)Foreign relationsChinaChinaForeign relationsRussia (Federation)International relations.Equilibrium.327.47051Voskresenskii A. D(Aleksei Dmitrievich)1763569MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824003703321Russia and China4204088UNINA