| Residential College | false |
| Status | 已發表Published |
| Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order | |
Chan, Steve1; Feng, Huiyun2; He, Kai3; Hu, Weixing4
| |
| Subtype | 著Authored |
| 2021 | |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication Place | United States of America |
| Abstract | What motivates states to act the way they do? This book focuses on a particular kind of motivation inclining a state to challenge the existing norms, rules, and institutions of international order. Specifically, it addresses the concept of revisionism, which has loomed large in international relations narratives but has remained largely understudied until recently. The authors offer a critique of the existing discourse on revisionism and investigate the historical origin and evolution of the foreign policy orientations of revisionist states in the past. They moreover introduce an ensemble of indicators to discern and compare the extent of revisionist tendencies on the part of contemporary China and the United States. Questioning the facile assumption that past episodes will repeat in the future, they argue that "hard" revisionism relying on war and conquest is less viable and likely in today's world. Instead, "soft" revisionism seeking to promote institutional change is more relevant and likely. They attend especially to contemporary Sino-American relations and conclude that much of the current discourse based on power-transition theory is problematic. Contrary to this theory, a dominant power is not inevitably committed to the defense of international order, nor does a rising power usually have a revisionist agenda to challenge this order. The transformation of international order does not necessarily require a power transition between China and the United States, nor does a possible power transition between these two countries necessarily augur war. © Oxford University Press 2021. All rights reserved. |
| Keyword | China Hard Revisionism International Order International Relations Power Transition Revisionism Sino-american Relations Soft Revisionism United States |
| Subject Area | 政治学 |
| ISBN | 9780197580295; 9780197580301; |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780197580295.001.0001 |
| URL | View the original |
| Pages | 1-223 |
| Language | 英語English |
| Indexed By | 其他 |
| Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85108083478 |
| Fulltext Access | |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | Book |
| Collection | Faculty of Social Sciences DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
| Affiliation | 1.University of Colorado, Boulder, United States 2.School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia 3.Griffith Asia Institute, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Australia 4.University of Macau, Macao |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Chan, Steve,Feng, Huiyun,He, Kai,et al. Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order[M]. United States of America:Oxford University Press, 2021, 1-223. |
| APA | Chan, Steve., Feng, Huiyun., He, Kai., & Hu, Weixing (2021). Contesting Revisionism: China, the United States, and the Transformation of International Order. Oxford University Press. |
| Files in This Item: | There are no files associated with this item. | |||||
Items in the repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Edit Comment