LEADER 03668nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910789711303321 005 20231128104407.0 010 $a0-8047-7847-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804778473 035 $a(CKB)2670000000131488 035 $a(EBL)820294 035 $a(OCoLC)768083133 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000637997 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12295179 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637997 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10708807 035 $a(PQKB)10327852 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128050 035 $a(DE-B1597)563801 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804778473 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL820294 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10519783 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC820294 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000131488 100 $a20110307d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLooking for balance$b[electronic resource] $eChina, the United States, and power balancing in East Asia /$fSteve Chan 210 $aStanford, California $cStanford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (298 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Asian security 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7820-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBalance of power, power balance, and balancing -- Looking for balancing : the non-occurrence of the expected -- The political economy of defense and regime strategy -- Balance-of-power expectations versus credible commitment -- Growth, trust, and historical comparisons -- Preferences, intentions, and multilateralism. 330 $aDebate surrounding "China's rise," and the prospects of its possible challenge to America's preeminence, has focused on two questions: whether the United States should "contain" or "engage" China; and whether the rise of Chinese power has inclined other East Asian states to "balance" against Beijing by alignment with the United States or ramping up their military expenditures. By drawing on alternative theoretic approaches?most especially "balance-of-threat" theory, political economic theory, and theories of regime survival and economic interdependence, Steve Chan is able to create an explanation of regional developments that differs widely from the traditional "strategic vision" of national interest. He concludes that China's primary aim is not to match U.S. military might or the foreign policy influence that flows from that power, and that its neighbors are not balancing against its rising power because, in today's guns-versus-butter fiscal reality, balancing policies would entail forfeiting possible gains that can accrue from cooperation, economic growth, and the application of GDP to nonmilitary ends. Instead, most East Asian countries have collectively pivoted to a strategy of elite legitimacy and regime survival based on economic performance. 410 0$aStudies in Asian security. 606 $aBalance of power 607 $aEast Asia$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zEast Asia 607 $aEast Asia$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zEast Asia 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zChina 615 0$aBalance of power. 676 $a327.1/1205 700 $aChan$b Steve$0245940 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789711303321 996 $aLooking for balance$93714464 997 $aUNINA