LEADER 04877nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910824003703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-23689-1 010 $a1-283-84576-8 010 $a1-136-76175-6 010 $a0-203-82204-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203822043 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277324 035 $a(EBL)1075268 035 $a(OCoLC)821176048 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784202 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11427152 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784202 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10780564 035 $a(PQKB)10548615 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1075268 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1075268 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10629050 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415826 035 $a(OCoLC)824547103 035 $a(OCoLC)46810534 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139452 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277324 100 $a20021118d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRussia and China $ea theory of inter-state relations /$fAlexei D. Voskressenski 210 $aLondon $cRoutledgeCurzon$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (305 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-86338-6 311 $a0-7007-1495-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRUSSIA 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 relations 327 $a2.2 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 China 327 $a4.1 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 China 327 $a7.1 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; Index 330 $aThis 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 Histor 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aEquilibrium 607 $aRussia$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zRussia 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xForeign relations$zChina 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zRussia (Federation) 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aEquilibrium. 676 $a327.47051 700 $aVoskresenskii$b A. D$g(Aleksei Dmitrievich)$01763569 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824003703321 996 $aRussia and China$94204088 997 $aUNINA