Chinese Assertiveness in the South China Sea Power Sources, Domestic Politics, and Reactive Foreign Policy /

• Main Author: Turcsányi, Richard Q. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Global Power Shift,
• Subjects: International relations.; Asia-Politics and government.; Diplomacy.; Foreign Policy.; Asian Politics.; International Relations Theory.

This book offers an assessment of China's assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS). By providing a detailed account of the events in the SCS and by analyzing power dynamics in the region, it identifies the driving forces behind Chin...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The puzzle of Chinese assertiveness
• Chapter 2. Chinese assertive actions in the South China Sea
• Chapter 3. A comprehensive concept of power in international relations
• Chapter 4. China's sources of power at the state level: the military, the economy, and national performance
• Chapter 5. China's international and societal levels of power sources. Chapter 6. Theories of Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea
• Chapter 7. Conclusion. .